People often make sacrifices in order to benefit someone or something else. 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
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Charity and Sylvia challenged much of what was thought to be normal in the beginning of the 19th century‚ while playing it safe in many ways. Though Charity and Sylvia successfully make their lives together as a same-sex couple‚ they still occupy many gender ideals in place at that time. Charity and Sylvia follow many values of the time‚ but while adding their own touch and opening the possibility for difference. Both Charity and Sylvia are rare occurrences‚ neither wanting to marry or settle down
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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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(Congressional Record).” He tells the American people of the “emotional hangover and a temporary moral Lapse” that people have after a war. People become numb to the atrocities of war and therefore “apathetic” he says in the speech (Congressional Record). McCarthy tries to spark a flame in the American people by his speech about the infiltration of spies in the government. McCarthy’s angst was a plea to the American people to take a stand against the spread of communism in America. His “witch hunt” on communist
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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 small conversations‚ most of which include the boy asking questions about their
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chronological sequence of events to interject events of earlier occurrence. The earlier events often take the form of reminiscence.” Cormac McCarthy makes use of this narrative strategy throughout his novel‚ “The Road”‚ to present the reader some past events in order to provide background for the current narration because the story begins after the explosion occurred. McCarthy decides to begin the narration at that point‚ for “the use of flashback enables the author to start the story from a point of high
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Annotated Bibliography McCarthy‚ Cormac. The Road. New York: Alfred A. Knopf‚ 2006. Print. The Road is set in a grim atmosphere. It is after apocalypse world where all signs of life are extinct. People and animals are starving‚ and predatory groups of savages wander around with pieces of human bodies stuck in their teeth. It is both oppressive and disheartening. McCarthy sets an atmosphere like one mediately after the world wars. It is not far-fetched to imagine the possibility of such a sad environment
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works often contain imagery as well as character motivation to highlight a certain message. In both The Road and 1984‚ characters are forced to live in a dystopian society that is pessimistic and disorderly.The writers of the two novels‚ Orwell and McCarthy‚ incorporate imagery of destruction when describing the setting‚ and create characters that are motivated for negative reasons to survive day- by- day. Both authors use imagery and character motivation to emphasize a pessimistic world. Imagery of
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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 when
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Senator Joseph P. McCarthy has become the scapegoat of this era due to his promotion of fear in those who opposed the American way of life‚ particularly communists and homosexuals. Andrea Friedman in her article “The Smearing of Joe McCarthy: The Lavender Scare‚ Gossip‚ and Cold War Politics” examines the sexual aspect of Joe McCarthy’s downfall in order to interpret to culture and political practices of that time. Andrea Friedman presents her argument first by describing McCarthy in physical appearance
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