Cormac McCarthy

As a child who grew up in a household that encouraged a broad mind and colorful imagination, it was only natural that I developed eclectic tastes. Sometimes I enjoy sitting in the living room with my father, listening to old, crackly jazz music; I compete with my family while watching Jeopardy every night. Even more than that, I adore East Asian culture and I’m frequently immersed in its music, television shows, and food. It’s an odd combinations of interests, but it is what I love. I tend to…

As the men stormed the beaches of Western Europe in the largest war to plague the eight-billion people living across the world many thought of the revenge that was to come. Most thought the war itself was the revenge, as the horrible regime of the merciless dictator came to a crumbling end. When the brave and powerful men finally entered the heart of the horrors committed in the second world war many thought to take revenge in their own hands. The United States 45th Infantry Division thought…

In Cormac McCarthy’s novel, All the Pretty Horses, it opens with the 1949 burial of John Grady Cole’s grandfather. Because of his grandfather’s death John’s mom intends to sell their n ear to one’s heart Texas ranch and was forced to move elsewhere. With there being nothing at all left in Texas for John, that is when he decides to just run away from home.Even Though he loved that ranch in Texas. But he also admires the cowboy’s way of life a little bit more. With John being only sixteen years…

he kills multiple times in order to protect his son. When the Man from the Trucks threatens the Boy, the Man unhesitatingly kills him using their limited number of bullets (McCarthy 55). Though the Man seems to have no qualms with shooting the Man from the Trucks, he refuses to “face the truth” concerning his actions (McCarthy 68). This displays the internal moral dilemma the Man faced concerning his actions. However, the Man proves his willingness to kill others more than once: he shoots…

in parallel to “The Road” by Cormac McCarthy, only one truly stood out to me as directly related in theme, portrayal, and literary style. This has to be “The Last Day of the World” by Ray Bradbury. Both stories have deep rooted themes around nihilism and death, but are substantially distinct in their portrayal of these ideas. The premise is the same as the rest of the short stories; it is the end of the world, how will people react, adapt, cooperate, fight... McCarthy focuses his story on the…

The Earth is the only known place that can sustain and create life. What happens if it can no longer serve its purpose? In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, the world can no longer be seen as lush, green, or even inhabitable. Animals and vegetation have rapidly died off and there less consumable matter exists as each day passes. Similarly, humans are struggling to survive the harsh conditions of this reality; some people turn to cannibalistic habits in order to receive their next meal. However, this…

Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 2006, The Road. Tells the post-apocalyptic story of a father and son traversing the ruins of the southeastern United States, after a disaster of unknown origins. The plot, follows the characters heading towards the southern coast, once their previous environment became too cold for them to survive. Only being accompanied by each other, love keeps them alive. An unbreakable bond, that is continually functional throughout the entire book, despite…

This is what we are told by his past acquaintances, such as Carson Wells, who defines Chigurh as “pure evil”. But is it true? What a character is perceived as is often different from what he actually is, you can expect this from an author like Cormac McCarthy. Because there are small hints in Chigurh’s characters where you see a glint of humanity. Chigurh is a bad man, that much is clear. He kills people for money. But does he enjoy it? I believe that Chigurh is a man who is good at his job,…

Existentialist Lens In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, we are introduced to two nameless people traveling through a land and time unfamiliar, all of which is described to the reader in a stylistically confusing way—the reader can’t help but ask, why? Why is it so often that reading the book becomes as arduous as the journey of the main characters? After reading a page and a half of dialogue without quotation marks or reminders of who is speaking, it should be apparent that McCarthy didn’t write…

Montag. At first, Montag takes pleasure in his job as a fireman, burning illegally owned books and the homes of their owners. Montag soon begins to question the value of his profession and in turn his life. The Road, a novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy, is a post-apocalyptic tale of a journey of a father and his young son over a period of several months. They walk across a landscape blasted by an unspecified cataclysm that has destroyed most of civilization and, in the intervening…