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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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Ubiquitous Love In the novels‚ The Road and All the Pretty Horses‚ by Cormac McCarthy‚ McCarthy shows through symbolism and setting‚ that ever-present love is a basic human need. In The Road‚ the boy symbolizes faith‚ and is the source of never-ending love. All the Pretty Horses‚ the horses symbolize an unfallen spirit‚ and is the basis of a deep love. In The Road‚ the desolate and godless world proves to be unforgiving‚ yet there is a beacon of light and love found through the boy. In All
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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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In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the valley of ashes and the extravagant celebrations of the elite illustrate the modernist theme‚ the disintegration of society. Fitzgerald first describes the valley of ashes as a "desolate area of land" where "ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and‚ finally‚ with transcendent effort‚ of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air" (p 23). This dreary area depicts the harsh impact of modern industrialism.
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McCarthy vs Faulkner Though Cormac McCarthy’s All The Pretty Horses and William Faulkner’s The Unvanquished are completely different‚ their style and plot techniques share more similarities than differences. All The Pretty Horses and The Unvanquished both depict the importance of honor in a persons life‚ whether it be honor through vengeance‚ honoring family‚ or honoring the tradition of woman‚ these two novels teach that honor can create a stronger person. Vengeance plays an important role
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Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian has been called one of the greatest works of American literature‚ and is considered by many to be the masterpiece among McCarthy’s works. The quality of McCarthy’s work is in large part a credit to his writing process‚ a great deal of which involved historical research. When paralleling McCarthy’s text against various historical accounts of nineteenth century America‚ one soon learns how thorough McCarthy was in his research. For example‚ McCarthy pulls a great deal
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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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The disintegration in Macbeth’s and Lady Macbeth’s relationship often mirrors the state of Scotland. At the beginning of the play‚ the relationship is strong‚ trustworthy and stable. Scotland battled the Norwegians and come out victorious which in turn created order and stability. The gradual changes in the relationship are highlighted by key events‚ circling around power and this then amount to leaving the relationship‚ and Scotland‚ in ruins. As the downfall reaches it’s end one of Shakespeare’s
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Joseph McCarthy and Donald Trump are two demagogues who have inflicted fear upon Americans as a way to consolidate their own political power. A Junior Senator from Wisconsin in the late 1940s and early 1950s‚ Joseph McCarthy‚ intuitively understood that Americans tend to fear what they don’t understand. They fear those who don’t look familiar. They fear the unknown. During the Cold War he exploited American’s fear of Communism in order to create a cult-like following. Sadly‚ seventy years later‚
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