Burma Road

The novel, The Road by Cormac McCarthy follows a father and his son in a post-apocalyptic world. They are forced to endure many tough situations, which make them test themselves and continually push their limits. Over time, the boy starts to become detached from the horrors he witnesses, which shows that morals are shed when one sees too many cruel acts. In the beginning of the book, the boy is desperately trying to hold onto his morals, no matter what he sees. Along the road Papa and the boy…

Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road, shows how a young boy grows to be independent. This makes me believe that McCarthy’s novel is a coming-of-age story. Through various aspects of his novel, McCarthy shows how humans are hybridized; we are a mix between dependency and autonomy and that determines our identity. As we learn, grow, and mature, we must find a balance between the spectrum of independence and community. In The Road, the boy was depicted as dependent on the father. If the boy needed…

I’ve known Ellen since first grade, and we became friends in fourth when we were on the same battle of the books team. However, we started to grow apart in eighth grade, as people usually do when growing up. We started hanging out less and less so I was surprised when she invited me to go watch a movie (I can’t remember which) with her, her mom, and her mom’s friend. My mom dropped me off at her house and then we drove to the movie theater. I was surprised (yet again) to find out that Ashley…

Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is a story of a father and his son trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. Together, they walk through a wasteland searching for necessities essential for survival, while trying to avoid roaming bands of cannibals. Along the way their morals are revealed in the choices they make to survive. McCarthy develops the theme of morality by showing the conflict between the boy’s and father’s moral impulses, especially when moral choices affect their own and others’…

Jack Kerouac’s On the Road demonstrates the limitless mobility for white American men during the Long Fifties. Kerouac establishes this idea through his characters and adds those of another race and ethnicity to illustrate their freedom or otherwise (lack of freedom) as a Mexican migrant workers. It is unconventional that Sal finds comfort in his encounters with Mexican migrant workers that he meets throughout his western travels. Although it appears to be a carefree and untroubled life,…

Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road, is a bleak parable chronicling the journey of a father and son across a desolate, post-apocalyptic America. McCarthy’s work typically focuses on themes such as human nature, theodicy and the evil within society, with an overriding nihilistic worldview. The Road follows through on this, with McCarthy prophesying our destruction as a consequence of these societal flaws, and reminding modern readers of how much we have to lose if we remain on this path of…

Noisy Mittens!! For three nights last summer, we heard what sounded like a baby crying from the driveway that runs behind the houses on my street. Then one morning, my dad saw a kitten run underneath our neighbor’s car parked in the driveway. He went over to the car and tried to get the kitten to come out from under the car while my sister and I watched from the deck. Finally we went down with a little cup of tuna and set it down near the car. The kitten came out slowly and quickly ate all of…

Rhetorical Analysis Draft The MD, DC, And Virginia’s Public Safety Campaign is about being a safe driver, reducing injuries and death around the region, increasing awareness about safety enforcement, and being street smart (street mart). I feel that the intended audience is all of the drivers and pedestrians of the MD, DC, and Virginia’s area. This campaign is trying to convince drivers to promote better safety while driving. This ad wants to “decrease the average number of 8 people being…

Bays Precinct offers a great opportunity to extend Sydney’s ferry Service and when redeveloped will offer to introduce new timetabled inner harbour ferry services. The introduction of a new ferry stop at White bay Power Station with the increase in productivity at White Bay and the potential increase in the number of commuters activity makes a stop here viable. With people disembarking from cruiseliners at White Bay Cruise Terminal to other locations, a stop here is a necessary in terms of…

Quarter past the hour, the bus was swamped as a freeway at traffic hour. Orca blue had camouflaged the city; fortunately, accents of flaming red had made their presence felt. Furthermore, it was evident that it was playoff season. As game time neared, my cousin and I made our way to our Hotel. Just hours before puck drop, the rabid Canucks fans, delivered some rather crude looks as we strolled down Robson Street in our Gaudreau shirts. Moreover, we modestly smirked back, as our flames were up…