Since 1990 the proportion of people living in extreme poverty has been almost cut in half, if we keep these improvement we could maybe end poverty for good in the near future. Did you feel that? That was the feeling of hope. When you read that maybe one day our world could expel poverty, you got the sense of hope for a better future. While reading The Road you will get these feeling very often. The Road is a startling and emotional book of a man and his kid in an apocalyptic world. The world has turned to ruin and most people have become insane and murderous. At first glance it can be confused with a story of despair, but as you continue reading you will realize that it is not a story of despair. But a story of hope.
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With these very few good people, it would bring hope to the readers and characters that would be able to survive. A great example of goodness still existing inside other is when they meet Eli. Eli was a old man had survived a good amount of years in the apocalypse. At first the man and kid were unsure to trust the man, but when they brought him to their camp, they asked him for his food and weapons. He responded saying that he didn’t have any food or weapons and never had any to start with. “I don’t understand how you’re still alive. How do you eat? People give you things. Yes. To eat. To eat. Yes” (Page 170, the Road). Considering the amount of people that the son and man show, which wasn’t very much, the man would have had to of met a lot of people which for the most part were good. This means that it was possible that more good people were living in the apocalypse than bad. This is great example of hope, the men and woman that gave Eli the food have good within, which is a sign that humanity is not entirely lost yet. Another case of goodness is when the family adopts the kid as one of their own. This is a perfect example of how people could still be good, because for the most part everyone the kid has seen has been bad. “I think you should come with me. Are you one of the good guys?” (Page 282, the Road). The kid asked this because he doesn’t know that most people were good, but in this crazy and chaotic world he just assumes most people of bad. There are a few factors that could give the reader and the novel a sense of hope. The fact that the kid is going to be safe from all the bad people that have been trying to kill him and the fact that there are still good people scattered throughout the novel apocalyptic world. Another paradigm of goodness still existing, is that the kid cares about others,
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With these very few good people, it would bring hope to the readers and characters that would be able to survive. A great example of goodness still existing inside other is when they meet Eli. Eli was a old man had survived a good amount of years in the apocalypse. At first the man and kid were unsure to trust the man, but when they brought him to their camp, they asked him for his food and weapons. He responded saying that he didn’t have any food or weapons and never had any to start with. “I don’t understand how you’re still alive. How do you eat? People give you things. Yes. To eat. To eat. Yes” (Page 170, the Road). Considering the amount of people that the son and man show, which wasn’t very much, the man would have had to of met a lot of people which for the most part were good. This means that it was possible that more good people were living in the apocalypse than bad. This is great example of hope, the men and woman that gave Eli the food have good within, which is a sign that humanity is not entirely lost yet. Another case of goodness is when the family adopts the kid as one of their own. This is a perfect example of how people could still be good, because for the most part everyone the kid has seen has been bad. “I think you should come with me. Are you one of the good guys?” (Page 282, the Road). The kid asked this because he doesn’t know that most people were good, but in this crazy and chaotic world he just assumes most people of bad. There are a few factors that could give the reader and the novel a sense of hope. The fact that the kid is going to be safe from all the bad people that have been trying to kill him and the fact that there are still good people scattered throughout the novel apocalyptic world. Another paradigm of goodness still existing, is that the kid cares about others,