The Role Of Violence In The Road By Cormac Mccarthy

There aren’t many controversial topics that arise in The Road, but one of the main ones that come up involve violence and how it could be seen as justified. Violence, while still very prevalent in our modern day society, could be seen as a defense mechanism and there for, justifiable in the eyes of the law. “Although Cormac McCarthy is known as a connoisseur of excessive violence, we think most of the violent stuff in The Road is justified. McCarthy portrays a post-apocalyptic landscape where the scarcity of resources has driven the few survivors to murder, thievery, and even cannibalism.” The Road is full of instances where the man has to use violence to protect himself as well as the boy, in these scenarios, do you think that it is justified …show more content…
Although violence is very prevalent in our society, it is looked down upon by those in charge and is most often punishable. In certain situations where you believe that you are in danger, is it justifiable to use violence in order to protect yourself as well as those who are close to you? The United States government would say that it is okay in certain situations to use violence to protect yourself as long as it is self-defense and you believe that your life is in danger. “The Castle Doctrine is a common law principle stating that an individual has no duty to retreat when in his or her home prior to using reasonable force, including deadly force, to protect themselves and their home.” This is just one instance in which you are able to use deadly force on someone if you believe that your life is in danger. There are instances where you are able to use a conceal carried handgun to protect yourself from a threat out in public, but even then you can still get charged with manslaughter or other minor charges. “Justifiable homicides, or the lawful killing of a felonious person in the midst of committing their crimes, only occur a few hundred times per year. While it's impossible to know how many DGUs occur consisting only of a drawn pistol - many instances go unreported - such encounters vastly outnumber defensive uses of a gun where the aggressor is shot.” We see instances in The Road where the Man has to kill …show more content…
Violence has always been prevalent in this world, and always will be, there is no avoiding it. There are some instances where that violence can be justified; it is just trying to find out what those reasons are. Ha-ha if you are reading this then you caught my