Pilgrims In Cormac Mccarthy's The Road
“The Road” by Cormac McCarthy is a journey story set in the setting of an, assumed, post-nuclear war world. The plot of the novel is about a father and his son traveling down a road seeking others like themselves who “carry the fire”. The only destination the author mentions the pair traveling, is ‘South’.
“Are we going to die?
Sometime. Not now.
And we’re still going south.
Yes.
So we’ll be warm.
Yes.
Okay.” (pg. 10).
This quote shows they are moving south, to find warmer weather because the chance of them surviving the cold winter is very slim.
“There'd be no surviving another winter here." (pg. 4).
It could be said that these two are similar to “pilgrims”. The main similarity that they share with the pilgrims is the fact that they are
“Are we going to die?
Sometime. Not now.
And we’re still going south.
Yes.
So we’ll be warm.
Yes.
Okay.” (pg. 10).
This quote shows they are moving south, to find warmer weather because the chance of them surviving the cold winter is very slim.
“There'd be no surviving another winter here." (pg. 4).
It could be said that these two are similar to “pilgrims”. The main similarity that they share with the pilgrims is the fact that they are