An investigation into how the theme of survival is presented in Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road’ featuring the movie '127 Hours'.
Introduction and Aims:
'The Road' is a novel written by British author Cormac McCarthy in 2006, it is based on a post-apocalyptic world, in which a father and his young son cross a dying landscape, towards the coast.
This novel follows a seriously ill man, desperately clinging to his life, in hope of finding a safer place for his son, before he inevitably dies, a life that can no longer exist for anyone as the novel is a dystopia by nature. Throughout the book there are constant dangers which demand cautiousness, attention and intelligence from the pair to survive, most of which is escalated by other humans instinctive, and psychological need to keep themselves alive, no matter the cost to other human beings. The principles of morality that were once vital to mankind's functioning are gone, actions were dictated my law and society, actions are now dictated by the want to stay alive and the need to do so at any cost, consequently The Road presents survival as a threat to the main two characters, but …show more content…
Aaron Ralston soon realized he would have to cut through bone with no satisfactory tools, if he wanted to escape. He spent 5 days sipping form 350ml of water, before moving on to drinking his own urine. Furthermore, he broke his bones against the canyon wall, before using a blunt pocket knife to cut through the rest of his arm, passing out frequently. The climber then got through the rest of the canyon and rappelled down a 65-foot sheer cliff face one handed, before reaching safety. However, he did give up hope before the escape, as he’d carved a gravestone for himself on the wall of the
Introduction and Aims:
'The Road' is a novel written by British author Cormac McCarthy in 2006, it is based on a post-apocalyptic world, in which a father and his young son cross a dying landscape, towards the coast.
This novel follows a seriously ill man, desperately clinging to his life, in hope of finding a safer place for his son, before he inevitably dies, a life that can no longer exist for anyone as the novel is a dystopia by nature. Throughout the book there are constant dangers which demand cautiousness, attention and intelligence from the pair to survive, most of which is escalated by other humans instinctive, and psychological need to keep themselves alive, no matter the cost to other human beings. The principles of morality that were once vital to mankind's functioning are gone, actions were dictated my law and society, actions are now dictated by the want to stay alive and the need to do so at any cost, consequently The Road presents survival as a threat to the main two characters, but …show more content…
Aaron Ralston soon realized he would have to cut through bone with no satisfactory tools, if he wanted to escape. He spent 5 days sipping form 350ml of water, before moving on to drinking his own urine. Furthermore, he broke his bones against the canyon wall, before using a blunt pocket knife to cut through the rest of his arm, passing out frequently. The climber then got through the rest of the canyon and rappelled down a 65-foot sheer cliff face one handed, before reaching safety. However, he did give up hope before the escape, as he’d carved a gravestone for himself on the wall of the