The Road by Cormac McCarthy. In The Road, McCarthy uses the theme of barbarity to emphasize the love shared between father and son.
Throughout The Road, our protagonists struggle to survive in their post apocalyptic world. The man consistently feels the need to ensure his son’s survival. Hoyle states “The Road is a literary portent- the cave is akin to the Underworld and the spider-eyed creature is as forbidding a Guardian at the Gates of Hell as Cerberus, or Milton’s hideous death; meanwhile the man and his child bear the light of their humanity alone, in the dark.” The man doesn't hesitate to shoot the attacker of the boy. Nevertheless, the father was sick and sacrificed his health for his son. “The fire” gives both the man and the
Throughout The Road, our protagonists struggle to survive in their post apocalyptic world. The man consistently feels the need to ensure his son’s survival. Hoyle states “The Road is a literary portent- the cave is akin to the Underworld and the spider-eyed creature is as forbidding a Guardian at the Gates of Hell as Cerberus, or Milton’s hideous death; meanwhile the man and his child bear the light of their humanity alone, in the dark.” The man doesn't hesitate to shoot the attacker of the boy. Nevertheless, the father was sick and sacrificed his health for his son. “The fire” gives both the man and the