Research (Genre) ‘The Road’ is categorized as a post-apocalyptic fiction style novel. As stated in an article written from a student at Princeton University; Post-apocalyptic fiction is a sub genre of science fiction that is set in a world or civilization after either a nuclear war‚ plaque‚ comet/rogue planet strike‚ or some other general disaster. Usually post-apocalyptic fiction novels take place immediately after the catastrophe; the author focuses on the travails or psychology of survivors.
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sub-heaven that is a reflection of Heaven. It goes to say that in “The Girl Who Stepped on Bread” also by Andersen‚ there is a sub-hell (not actual Hell)‚ where she stands in the form of a statue in the entrance hall. Both these place are not where the characters expected to be‚ yet one scarified herself ending up in a sub-heaven and the other will suffer in the entrance hall of hell for using bread as a way to get over water. In “The Little Mermaid‚” the mermaid ends up going to a sub-heaven where she
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The Road written by Cormac McCarthy is a novel based on a post-apocalyptic setting. The story focuses on a father and a son. No names are given to either. But‚ the son does address his father as Papa. The father and the son are trying to survive not only by undertaking the constant struggle of getting the necessary means to live (water‚ food‚ etc.) but by surviving from the cannibals. The father and the son are traveling throughout the entirety of the novel. Before the wife had abandoned her husband
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Writers provide glimpses of other worlds‚ giving readers opportunities to reflect on their own world To what extent do you agree with this view? The Road written by Cormac McCarthy is a post-apocalyptic novel about a man and a boy travelling down across what seems to be a bleak and dull land. In this book‚ we see a world that seems to have a bleak and dark future without a lot of hope. Land is somehow destroyed‚ perhaps by a natural cause. The cycle of seasons has been completely altered and
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Sarah Simpson Gail Corso ENG 230 October 14‚ 2010 “To Hell and Back‚ with Cake” By: Safiya Henderson-Holmes The title of the poem “To Hell and Back‚ with Cake” is exactly what the young girl in goes through to get cupcakes‚ a desirable treat or reward. The poem has a lot to do with racism and discrimination. It is written in first person and as a narrative with many different poetic techniques such as alliteration‚ sibilance‚ oxymoron‚ personification etc. Holmes offers very vivid and descriptive
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A Holiday from Hell This holiday is no ordinary holiday; it was a holiday from hell. So let me tell you about these dreadful few weeks. I was on a nice peaceful holiday by myself‚ going fishing every morning whilst drinking Crown Lager. Then I came across a fish. It looked like some sort of three eyed creature. Now this three eyed creature was so unusual. It looked like the one you often see in the Simpsons but instead the colour was white. Just white‚ no other colours except white. So I went
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Health Care Hell Social Welfare Health Care Hell In all the articles I read about health care‚ one thing is obvious- no one is happy. I focused on the article‚ “Employees Without Health Care Coverage Looking to Exchanges” and found that it’s not only the unemployed that are uninsured‚ but also regular people with regular jobs. In my opinion‚ greedy business owners would rather save money than make sure all their employees have health insurance‚ and this perfectly shows the exploitation
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On the Road by Jack Kerouac has many themes. One theme that stood out was the rebellion against Corporate America. The main characters for this theme were Dean Moriarty‚ Sal Paradise‚ and Marylou. Each of them had behaviors that conflict with an ideal‚ working American. These characters also represent a longing for something they want‚ but can’t find or are incapable of getting. The first character that was the biggest cliché against the ideal‚ working American was Dean Moriarty. Dean was
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The Road An unnamed father and his young son journey across a grim post-apocalyptic landscape‚ some years after a major unexplained cataclysm has destroyed civilization and most life on Earth. The land is filled with ash and devoid of living animals and vegetation. Many of the remaining human survivors have resorted to cannibalism‚ scavenging the detritus of city and country alike for flesh. The boy’s mother‚ pregnant with him at the time of the disaster‚ gave up hope and committed suicide some
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Why do you think McCarthy has chosen not to give his characters names? How do the generic labels of “the man” and “the boy” affect the way you /readers relate to them? While reading The Road‚ a novel written by Cormac McCarthy‚ I was jerked from the warmth‚ comfort‚ and safety of my home and thrown into a cold‚ dark‚ and desolate world‚ walking alongside “the man” and “the boy”. McCarthy composes his work so graphically that readers are drawn right into the story. I believe Cormac McCarthy
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