Imagine a world where everything we known in the year of 2015 suddenly vanished; turned into ashes. All the rules and morals we once had were destroyed along with the planet Earth. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, illustrates what its’ like for a young boy and his father surviving in a post-apocalyptic world without the presence of a woman. Throughout the novel with the use of allusions and vast imagery, women can be presented as ‘weak’ whereas it is the father and son who continue along this post-apocalyptic road. The way McCarthy presented women is very misogynistic.
Throughout the journey, the father is constantly telling himself and his son that what they are doing—‘plodding’ to the coast ‘is what the good guys do.’
The mother is seen as being …show more content…
There is none” (The Road page 48).
Despite the fact that she delivered this child to this world, she knew that it was not where they should live out their lives. It would hurt her more than anything to see her child in danger or hurt.
Although the female role throughout the novel was almost nonexistent, the few women who were unfortunate enough to survive on the road, they are now viewed as possessions.
One night when the man had a dream, he dreamt of a woman. She told the man,“You can think of me as a faithless slut if you like. I've taken a new lover. He can give me what you cannot.” Women are now viewed as possessions ranked behind “goods of war” and only just above “catamites” which are male sex slaves. McCarthy shows women as only being used for the sexual pleasure of men.
Although McCarthy comes off extremely misogynist, that may not be the case for him. In McCarthy’s personal life, his experience with women hasn’t been the greatest. He had three ex wives in his life time. According to his interview with Oprah he finds women to be very mysterious and that’s why he doesn’t write about
Throughout the journey, the father is constantly telling himself and his son that what they are doing—‘plodding’ to the coast ‘is what the good guys do.’
The mother is seen as being …show more content…
There is none” (The Road page 48).
Despite the fact that she delivered this child to this world, she knew that it was not where they should live out their lives. It would hurt her more than anything to see her child in danger or hurt.
Although the female role throughout the novel was almost nonexistent, the few women who were unfortunate enough to survive on the road, they are now viewed as possessions.
One night when the man had a dream, he dreamt of a woman. She told the man,“You can think of me as a faithless slut if you like. I've taken a new lover. He can give me what you cannot.” Women are now viewed as possessions ranked behind “goods of war” and only just above “catamites” which are male sex slaves. McCarthy shows women as only being used for the sexual pleasure of men.
Although McCarthy comes off extremely misogynist, that may not be the case for him. In McCarthy’s personal life, his experience with women hasn’t been the greatest. He had three ex wives in his life time. According to his interview with Oprah he finds women to be very mysterious and that’s why he doesn’t write about