Similarities Between Good And Evil In The Road By Cormac Mccarthy

The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a story of the importance of morals no matter what the situation. This novel highlights how morals can truly lead you through any situation. The Korean War relates to this novel because it was the ultimate battle of good versus evil. One side was just trying to survive while the other viewed themselves with higher moral standings than the other. This relates greatly to the battle between good and evil within The Road. The Road and the Korean War show great similarities in the idea of what good and evil resemble. The Korean War “was a symbol of the global struggle between… good and evil” (History.com). This war could have been the start of World War III. The two largest military powers in the world were backing opposite sides of a border war. South Korea and the United States were the “good guys” because they believed that their morals were better than that of North Korea and the Soviet Union who were viewed as the “big bad bully.” America's involvement in the war symbolized that good moral can’t be defeated by any amount of evil. Morals are a hard thing to hold onto
The protagonist is South Korea while the antagonist is North Korea. South Korea like the man and his son believed themselves to be the good guys. They were the ones with the morals. North Korea can be compared to the cannibals. They threw out the conventional rules and laws. North Korea’s actions caused the downfall of a nation. This can be compared to the actions of the cannibals. Their choice to eat other humans led to the death of every value and moral held true by society. South Korea’s resistance to the downfall of their society led to more conflict, but in the end, they were able to hold onto what they believed to be true. This relates to the boy. He spent the entirety of the novel holding true to his beliefs which eventually proved those beliefs to be