In The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, a young boy and his father fight for their lives in a post-apocalyptic world. The book was published in September of 2006 and was written for the author’s son. “Good guys” vs “bad guys” is a recurring subject throughout the book, and the father teaches his son to be one of the few “good guys” that are left in the world they live in. The author shows that by keeping positive morals in the worst times of life, a strong character is developed to overcome any obstacles.
The first example of when one in the book demonstrates good morals is when a man on the road attacks the boy and puts a knife to his throat. The man has to kill the attacker in order to save his son’s life. The boy is frightened afterwards, and …show more content…
The boy will have to fight off the bad guys without his father. He must overcome his sadness in order to stay alive. The author uses repetition multiple times to emphasize the importance of the orders the father gives to his son once he can no longer live. He tells him to take “no chances” and to make sure he doesn’t take any risks against the bad guys. The boy says, “I don’t know” to his father to tell him that he is not ready to take on the terrible people left in the world by himself. Papa reassures him by giving him hope to live on. Finally, a symbol is used to express the message that the good people must keep “carrying the fire” to overcome the obstacles they face. The boy thinks that the fire is real, but in reality it is a symbol that the father uses throughout their time on the road. The fire is the humanity that is left inside of the good people. The father tells the boy that it is inside of him, and that he must keep it going to survive. It has been inside of the boy the whole time they have been on the road. He always reminds his father to be the good guys and not the bad ones. Papa hopes that the boy can find other people that carry the fire Once the fire burns out, so does the
The first example of when one in the book demonstrates good morals is when a man on the road attacks the boy and puts a knife to his throat. The man has to kill the attacker in order to save his son’s life. The boy is frightened afterwards, and …show more content…
The boy will have to fight off the bad guys without his father. He must overcome his sadness in order to stay alive. The author uses repetition multiple times to emphasize the importance of the orders the father gives to his son once he can no longer live. He tells him to take “no chances” and to make sure he doesn’t take any risks against the bad guys. The boy says, “I don’t know” to his father to tell him that he is not ready to take on the terrible people left in the world by himself. Papa reassures him by giving him hope to live on. Finally, a symbol is used to express the message that the good people must keep “carrying the fire” to overcome the obstacles they face. The boy thinks that the fire is real, but in reality it is a symbol that the father uses throughout their time on the road. The fire is the humanity that is left inside of the good people. The father tells the boy that it is inside of him, and that he must keep it going to survive. It has been inside of the boy the whole time they have been on the road. He always reminds his father to be the good guys and not the bad ones. Papa hopes that the boy can find other people that carry the fire Once the fire burns out, so does the