How long have you been on the road”(McCarthy)? McCarthy is asking this question to someone the boy and man meet along their quest to find joy and salvation. However, this is asking the reader to ask oneself the same question concerning acts of hatred or malice. It brings up the thoughts of one's actions and how they do not just affect the perpetrator and the one being acted upon, it can also change the views of bystanders. This is what violence does, it gets in the minds of others, causes people to become skeptic and causes a domino effect. The question also presents the solution, if one is on the road how can you get off it and have a positive impact. Those opposed to violence and hate for the unnecessary reasons have to work toward and look
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A dove in scripture and during the times of it being written was a chronic symbol of peace and new life. In Genesis 8:9 it says, “The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf.” This was during the end of Noah's Ark when there was nothing no land to be seen, and the dove comes back with branch in her beak which exemplifies a new beginning and peace. Within each person here nowadays one needs to find their own “dove” it may be different for every person, but if everyone one has something where they can look to and always have love and peace, violence and hate will suffer. In the Summit mission statement it's beholds that where there is faith there is hope, and that is true because with the virtues of faith, hope,and love hate can not succeed. The transformation of the world will never begin through large groups or the government, it has to start with each individual and then grow throughout communities. If one can not, or is not willing to go and search for their own “dove” it changes the value of and importance of how violence will continue. It starts from person by person and will not succeed unless it is derived from the bottom and moves upward through society, which means it has to start from the individual. Through many examples one can see how violence is so integrated in the world we say we love. If these malicious acts and people continue the world and the way we live will be put in jeopardy. Think about that inner peace and ask yourself, what road are you
A dove in scripture and during the times of it being written was a chronic symbol of peace and new life. In Genesis 8:9 it says, “The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf.” This was during the end of Noah's Ark when there was nothing no land to be seen, and the dove comes back with branch in her beak which exemplifies a new beginning and peace. Within each person here nowadays one needs to find their own “dove” it may be different for every person, but if everyone one has something where they can look to and always have love and peace, violence and hate will suffer. In the Summit mission statement it's beholds that where there is faith there is hope, and that is true because with the virtues of faith, hope,and love hate can not succeed. The transformation of the world will never begin through large groups or the government, it has to start with each individual and then grow throughout communities. If one can not, or is not willing to go and search for their own “dove” it changes the value of and importance of how violence will continue. It starts from person by person and will not succeed unless it is derived from the bottom and moves upward through society, which means it has to start from the individual. Through many examples one can see how violence is so integrated in the world we say we love. If these malicious acts and people continue the world and the way we live will be put in jeopardy. Think about that inner peace and ask yourself, what road are you