Though darkness surrounds us, light can shine through in unimaginable ways. In McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel, The Road, a man and his son are traveling on a road in hopes of finding decent civilization and on the way they dealt with a lot of disturbing events. The main theme in the book is how goodness and light is able to be seen in the midst of evil and darkness. This is shown by deep love, caring actions, and embracing mortality. At the beginning of the novel, the author is already showing unconditional love by writing, “When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he’d reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him (page 1).” Love is shown here by the man’s concern for his son when he wakes up scared checking
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Take it, he whispered. Here (page 163).” This shows how caring the boy is because he willing to give this man, he has never meet in his life and can hurt him anytime, his own food, He already trusts him and cares he eats, despite the constant loath his father has for anyone they encounter on the road and all the hurt from all the evil he has seen in others. Lastly, they both know already the man is living his last moments of life. The son tries to cover the man by building a tent over him but the man did not want to be covered. “He wanted to be able to see. Look around you, he said. Theres no prophet in the earths long chronicle who’s not honored here today (page 277).” Even when he is about to die, the man still wants to see the devastated world that is around him. Even with all this unhappiness, he still feels his death is honorable when he is gone because if his loving son. He knows his time in the world was made richer by his beautiful boy despite the demolished world that surrounds him. Therefore, even in a world of destruction and the malevolent, beauty and kindness still can be seen. Although, at the moment it seems nothing good can happen from a devastating tragedy, the affections, kind-hearted gestures, and unconditional love of a man and his boy can bring light and hope to one’s heart when death grows
Take it, he whispered. Here (page 163).” This shows how caring the boy is because he willing to give this man, he has never meet in his life and can hurt him anytime, his own food, He already trusts him and cares he eats, despite the constant loath his father has for anyone they encounter on the road and all the hurt from all the evil he has seen in others. Lastly, they both know already the man is living his last moments of life. The son tries to cover the man by building a tent over him but the man did not want to be covered. “He wanted to be able to see. Look around you, he said. Theres no prophet in the earths long chronicle who’s not honored here today (page 277).” Even when he is about to die, the man still wants to see the devastated world that is around him. Even with all this unhappiness, he still feels his death is honorable when he is gone because if his loving son. He knows his time in the world was made richer by his beautiful boy despite the demolished world that surrounds him. Therefore, even in a world of destruction and the malevolent, beauty and kindness still can be seen. Although, at the moment it seems nothing good can happen from a devastating tragedy, the affections, kind-hearted gestures, and unconditional love of a man and his boy can bring light and hope to one’s heart when death grows