Cormac McCarthy

Within the 2007 film adaption of Cormac McCarthy’s novel, No Country for Old Men, sheriff Ed Tom Bell shares his perspective and those who pay attention to his thoughtful observations appear unaffected. The Coen brothers, who directed the film, acknowledge that the novel’s title is a representation of the sheriff’s perspective, but in contrast with the novel, the focus of the movie ‘s perspective involves emphasis on multiple character’s viewpoint and actions. To further clarify, the novel also…

Cormac McCarthy crafts a post-apocalyptic novel, The Road, through the eyes of an unnamed man and his son as they venture through the “barren, silent, [and] godless” land, ravished by an unknown cataclysmic event (4). Along this forsaken journey to find a safe haven, only hope and love for each other keeps them persisting through the grievous world they once knew. Cannibals, famine, and disease chase them throughout their desperate attempt to find a place where they can survive and “carry the…

Confliction Addiction Cormac McCarthy’s The Road portrays a father and son fighting to live every day during a strenuous, apocalyptic time. The novel presents a profound conflict that roots itself inside the depths of human nature depicted by the external conflicts of man versus man and man versus nature. The narrative also represents the internal conflict of man versus self. Throughout the story, the father fights against terrible people in this ghastly time in order to preserve his life…

Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian has attracted the analysis of many scholars over the past fifty or so years for its an apologetic narration on how the American west was truly won. McCarthy’s narrative is inundated with senseless violence, metaphor, historical reflection, stories, and symbols; all of which, when combined, effectively create a modern interpretation of America and its national identity. This narrative is poised for “analysis and interpretation on the idea of the post-modern…

In Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road, the story follows a man and a boy who struggle with the repercussions of living in a post-apocalyptic United States. Throughout the novel, there are many physical obstacles they have to overcome, such as hunger and disease. Cannibals and street thugs who kill other survivors run rampant through the wilderness as well. Although they have close encounters with all of these things, the man tries to protect the boy from physical harm. The surrounding culture…

bad guys eat people but the good guys don’t. Throughout the story, the protagonists consistently try to keep this moral principle to be “good guys” even though somehow they lose all faiths: “if he [the man] is not the word of God God never spoke” (McCarthy…

themselves to conduct their daily decisions. Even though most people choose to set these guiding principles based of the societal norm, there are still a select few who follow their own internal voice to set their standard of morality. The Road by Cormac McCarthy follows the story of a father and son fighting together for survival amidst a post-apocalyptic world where one’s morality is always in question. In Contrast, Ray Bradbury’s story of The Veldt depicts the story of a futuristic family…

phenomenon under the circumstance, and everything is saturated with sadness and desperation. However, there is usually still a small number of survivors who demonstrate love and morality, being the last hope of humanity. In The Road written by Cormac McCarthy, the survived father and son are two typical examples of this idea. They show love and kindness to each other and the people they meet. It must take tons of efforts for the father to take care of the boy in the post-apocalyptic world, and…

The role of death in All the Pretty Horses is all about endings. In the death of John Grady’s grandfather it represented the death of the cowboy American dream. Cormac McCarthy states the John Grady “stood like a man come to the end of something” (p3) represents the end of his grandfather’s ranch, the end of a way of life, and the end of the cowboys on horseback. In the death of Abuela it represents the death of the…

John’s Journey The main character in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is John Grady Cole, a sixteen year-old runaway cowboy. John Grady is not the typical teenager of the time period of the novel which happens to be nineteen forty-nine. John Grady sees himself as a cowboy who does not need unnecessary technology like cars when you have horses. The world is modernizing and, cowboys are gradually disappearing. John Grady feels out of place at the beginning of the novel because he does not understand…