Vanessa Carcamo
Ms. Fauver
AP English
22 September 2017 The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, tells a gripping tale of a man and a boy surviving a post-apocalyptic journey. The man and the boy struggle to maintain their humanity on the road with the situations that they endure. Since the boy maintains his morality, despite the many dead bodies, vanished morals of mankind, he is able to outweigh the evil. McCarthy uses various techniques to show that even in the darkest times, goodness can prevail. McCarthy demonstrates this theme through the symbolism of the boy and the fire. The boy in many occasions embraces a leadership role, he is the light in the obscurity, the representation of “…carrying the fire” (129). McCarthy’s consistent portrayal of
Ms. Fauver
AP English
22 September 2017 The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, tells a gripping tale of a man and a boy surviving a post-apocalyptic journey. The man and the boy struggle to maintain their humanity on the road with the situations that they endure. Since the boy maintains his morality, despite the many dead bodies, vanished morals of mankind, he is able to outweigh the evil. McCarthy uses various techniques to show that even in the darkest times, goodness can prevail. McCarthy demonstrates this theme through the symbolism of the boy and the fire. The boy in many occasions embraces a leadership role, he is the light in the obscurity, the representation of “…carrying the fire” (129). McCarthy’s consistent portrayal of