An Accident A few years ago I received my dream car‚ a dark blue 1967 Ford Mustang with a 302 V-8 engine. Every time I turned the key I was able to hear that engine purr just like a kitten resting on your lap and could feel the glass packs‚ upgraded mufflers that cause the engine’s sound to amplify‚ rumble the seats and just add to that lovely sound that could be heard up to a mile away‚ which I’m sure the neighbors didn’t like. The best feeling I could have was when I was on the back roads far
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post-apocalyptic world‚ “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy follows a father and son’s struggle for survival through chaotic situations while walking towards south on “the road” with very limited resources‚ where they encounter numerous difficulties‚ including having to deal with cannibals who patrol the road; food shortages which cause them to have to go on for days without eating; and inclement weather conditions. The author uses the obstacles the father and son face on the road as a metaphor for the different
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Prometheus “carried the fire” to humanity‚ his days are forever filled with torture. Similar to the situation that appears in the Cormac McCarthy’s novel‚ The Road‚ the main characters‚ a man and his son also “carry the fire” for the sake of mankind. “Carrying the fire”‚ a motif that Cormac McCarthy portrays throughout his novel‚ The Road‚ can be used to explain the reasoning behind why the two main characters‚ a man and his son continue to persevere in the novel’s harsh world. Perhaps the saying
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The Road By Cormac McCarthy This book is dedicated to JOHN FRANCIS MCCARTHY When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he’d reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him. Nights dark beyond darkness and the days more gray each one than what had gone before. Like the onset of some cold glaucoma dimming away the world. His hand rose and fell softly with each precious breath. He pushed away the plastic tarpaulin and raised himself in the stinking robes and blankets and looked
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Which is Triumphant? In The Road‚ by Cormac McCarthy‚ it presents a dark view of humanity and its future. A boy and his father constantly mention the differences between “good guys” and “bad guys‚” trying their best to be the “good” ones. They are living during an apocalypse that is filled with evil‚ but the boy manages to do good deeds. Through the boy’s goodness‚ McCarthy shows that good ultimately triumphs over evil. Despite what the man thinks‚ the boy almost always convinces him to do what
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Annotations for The Road Quotes from The Road Annotations “Charred and limbless trunks of trees stretching away on every side. Ash moving over the road and the sagging hands of blind wire strung from the blackened light poles whining thinly in the wind… He got the binoculars out of the cart and stood in the road and glassed the plain down there where the shape of a city stood in the greyness like charcoal drawing sketched across the waste.” (9) This is a brief section of the book that really
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rebellious lifestyle sparked various different views; those that look up to them‚ and those that look down upon them. Jack Kerouac plays a major role in this time period pertaining to this lifestyle‚ authoring many works about it‚ one being On the Road. He uses the characters in this story to depict the diverse views on the Beatniks. This strong interpretation used throughout the novel sets the stage for many other authors writing on behalf of the Beat Generation. The characters he uses in this novel
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Violence Is Never the Answer I believe that violence is never the answer. This statement is what I have been carrying since the day I heard of it. Even though I believe that‚ it is hard to follow. With violence all around us‚ it is hard to know what is right and wrong. On one hand violence entertains us (movies‚ TV‚ video games‚ etc.) and on the other hand‚ violence is also the thing that can destroy us when we let it do so. Is there a difference between the violence we see in the movies and the
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The Accident It was 8:45 pm‚ a typical Friday night and the phone kept ringing. My daughter Khadra answered at the same time that I was entering the living room‚ I asked her who it was‚ and she said‚ “It is Long Beach Memorial Hospital; they want to speak to Mr. or Mrs Azza”‚ I grabbed the phone‚ “Hello‚ yes this is Mrs. Azza‚” the lady on the phone responded‚” We need you to come to the hospital as soon as possible; your son was hit by a car”. I couldn’t speak‚ but I forced myself to ask the
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Road salt‚ also called rock salt‚ is sodium chloride‚ chemically combined with NaCl. Na is the chemical abbreviation for sodium and Cl is the abbreviation for chloride. Table salt that we use is exactly the same chemical. The US Environmental Protection Agency has set limits on allowable levels of chloride in water but not sodium. In high concentrations both sodium and chloride can be harmful to aquatic organisms. Sodium is the primary concern for humans‚ as it can be harmful to people with high
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