Approach to Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” Submitted by M. Rajalakshmi Asst. Professor Department of English Sri Sairam Engineering College ABSTRACT Nature and literature have always been inseparable. Nature in a world of hyper-technologism‚ Transcendentalism‚ Ecofeminism‚ dystopia and apocalypse are some of the key areas that the American nature writers of today deal with. This paper aims at rendering an ecocentric reading of Cormac McCarthy’s post- apocalyptic novel‚ The Road. The Road narrates the
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What people sacrifice illuminates their values and morals. In The Road by Cormac McCarthy‚ the main character has to make sacrifices that allow him to take care of his young son. This story is set in a burned‚ post-apocalyptic United States and follows a father and son duo as they endeavor to survive in the harsh‚ new environment. From an objective standpoint‚ the man’s son is certainly an inconvenience when it comes to the man’s survival. The son is another mouth to feed‚ another person with whom the
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Written by Cormac McCarthy‚ The Road explains the story of a boy and his father living in a post-apocalyptic world‚ ridden with cannibalism and diseases threatening their lives. McCarthy has constructed a world around the boy and father‚ showing aspects of human nature to warn readers of the importance within trust and the will to survive in humanity. Conversely‚ detrimental effects that lie within these aspects of human nature are shown. Examples are specifically shown in The Road through boy and
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Humanity and violence was the biggest theme in the story. Cormac McCarthy is the author of the book “The Road”. He’s one of the authors who write post-apocalyptic novels. He’s expressing that the world is in shambles with little humanity. In the book‚ there is a new world because the old world was way back in the past and now it has changed. There is dead everywhere‚ the world is dark because that is how the apocalypse is‚ and many humans have turn into savages trying to survive. There could be people
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The novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy is about a journey between two people‚ a young boy and his father who are left in a catastrophic‚ destroyed world. The two travel through the southeastern part of the U.S where the landscapes are on fire. There are abandoned towns and houses‚ rotting corpses and these two travel with little food‚ supplies or shelter. They have to escape from people who might seek to steal from them or even kill them for their supplies. The father and the boy are the two travelers
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October 2014 Author: Cormac McCarthy Title: The Road Date published: September 26‚ 2006 Title • The title of the novel‚ The Road‚ corresponds with the road that the main characters travel on when they’re attempting to reach the ocean coast. It is used as their guide to the coast and there was no specification on the name of road. Author • Cormac McCarthy was born on July 20‚ 1933 in Providence‚ Rhode Island. He was the third of six children. McCarthy attended the University
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and shelter. Having others‚ to help one stay sane; having a sense of direction‚ in order to know where to go and where not to go: and also knowing who and what to trust is also need in order to survive. In the post-apocalyptic novel The Road‚ by Cormac McCarthy‚ it displays many themes‚ but the ones that prevails the rest is sense of trust and compassion; whether it be to trust or not to trust‚ to be compassionate or not. Both the father and son have different views on who to and not to trust‚ and
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in a World of Darkness The novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy is set in a post-apocalyptic world lacking resources‚ food‚ and rules. It tells the journey of a man and his son to find lasting safety and of the adversity they face along the way. The boy in The Road understands the terror of living in a post-apocalyptic world‚ and at a young age he realizes that he must grow up in order to protect himself as well as his father. Throughout the novel‚ McCarthy gives the reader examples of how the boy
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In the third section of The Road‚ Cormac McCarthy continues his scrutiny of dreams and their true meaning. As the novel progresses the man’s health continues to deteriorate. The man’s poor health adds to the tension and suspense in the book. As his health degenerates the man’s dreams become more peaceful. Earlier in the novel the man stated that he believed that the more positive and peaceful the dreams were the more he was dying. The man’s own death has become the focus point of his dreams. He
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assurance. In the book The Road‚ a symbol often referred to is the father of the son. He represents the idea of an older figurehead helping you along your way‚ and reassuring you. This symbol also helps a theme function and come up. In The Road‚ the two main characters do not have names. They are known only as “the father” and “the boy” or his son. The author‚ Cormac McCarthy did this on purpose‚ to make the father a symbol throughout the story. While walking on the road‚ the father and his son have
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