There are multiple things needed for a relationship to grow and strive. Hope is one of the most important virtues that keeps a relationship going. In the Road by Cormac McCarthy, hope, rather its gained or lost, is a continuous theme that is needed to survive in the author’s world. In this book a man and his son are traveling across America in a post-apocalyptic era trying to get to their final destination, the coast. During their journey they have many dangerous encounters with blood-thirsty cannibals yet, they survive with only each other as their strength and hope. McCarthy uses choppy syntax and repetitive diction to convey a propitious tone towards the man and the son’s relationship proving that relationships can strive even in the darkest of times with the presence of hope.
McCarthy uses choppy syntax to isolate each sentence as its own thought by making the reader have to stop after each period. The boy is a symbol of hope for the man and the future. The boy keeps the man and his relationship going, igniting their strength even in their weakest moments. Throughout the man and the son’s journey, the man constantly …show more content…
Hope is an abstract thought that’s like water, helping to grow a relationship that’s as delicate as a flower. In The Road, the man had his hope, the boy, right in front of him at all times, while the boy had the same until his father died, yet the boy still managed to find hope again. No matter the circumstances, no matter the amount of lost, hope will always be there. Sometimes people might have to look harder than others but it’s still there. Hope is what makes this world go round, hope is what keeps us going. It is what you do with that hope which determines yours and your loved one’s
McCarthy uses choppy syntax to isolate each sentence as its own thought by making the reader have to stop after each period. The boy is a symbol of hope for the man and the future. The boy keeps the man and his relationship going, igniting their strength even in their weakest moments. Throughout the man and the son’s journey, the man constantly …show more content…
Hope is an abstract thought that’s like water, helping to grow a relationship that’s as delicate as a flower. In The Road, the man had his hope, the boy, right in front of him at all times, while the boy had the same until his father died, yet the boy still managed to find hope again. No matter the circumstances, no matter the amount of lost, hope will always be there. Sometimes people might have to look harder than others but it’s still there. Hope is what makes this world go round, hope is what keeps us going. It is what you do with that hope which determines yours and your loved one’s