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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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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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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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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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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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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The Road “The Road” by Cormac Mccarthy is a story of a father and a son traveling toward a safe destination. The story opens up with them traveling down “the road”. Following it until they reach food‚ shelter or supplies. While traveling along the road‚ the father and the son have a small gun loaded with only two bullets to protect them. Being on the lookout is key for them and they always need to be watching their backs. The main theme in the novel is that you must always have hope and one day
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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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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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“The Road” The post-apocalyptic novel “The Road”‚ written by Cormac McCarthy was published in 2006.[1] It deals with the journey of a father together with his son‚ who try to reach the coast after America‚ its nature and civilisation has been destroyed by some catastrophe. Therefore some important issues are implied: travelling‚ fear of death‚ nuclear war‚ goodness‚ religion‚ cannibalism and of course the relationship between father and son. Maybe that is the reason why McCarthy dedicated
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