Cormac McCarthy

The Importance of Sacrifice in The Road Cormac McCarthy’s The Road portrays a post-apocalyptic world containing nothing but the distinct loss of morality and desperate attempts to survive. In this cruel world, while most become bestial and corrupt, a father and his son struggle to find ways to stay alive while simultaneously keeping hope alive and staying humane in their ways. The sacrifices made by the man strengthen his relationship with his son and help maintain the only thing they have…

The Blood of a Thousand Christs What Does the Conflict Between The kid and The judge Represent in Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian? Ishaan Trismegistus  Good and evil is the most common form of dichotomy employed in art throughout history. Blood Meridian, however, uses more unique elements to pose a central conflict: amorality or purity and civilisation or progress. The text accomplishes this through the use of the kid and the judge, respectively. The kid is ambiguous in…

Kaylee Johnson Mr. Davis Honors English 10-5 3 February 2024 The Road: A guide to postapocalyptic parenting In the desolate post-apocalyptic novel The Road, author Cormac McCarthy presents unnamed protagonists the man and the boy as they navigate the “barren, silent, godless”(4) landscape of scorched America in an attempt to survive in a dilapidated world where “nights [are] dark beyond darkness” (1). As the man and the boy journey upon the godforsaken road, it becomes evident that “the boy [is]…

Author Print Profile Sam Preece is the spawn of a painfully abrasive family hailing from the flowery town of Shrewsbury. He has an incorrigible compulsion to waste his days watching science fiction films, both good and bad, and playing video games until his eyes are bloodshot. By obtaining a degree in journalism & creative writing, he hopes to write lofty screenplays and to not be swallowed by the voids of insignificance and obscurity. Author Web Page Text Bio…

Cormac McCarthy's All The Pretty Horses tells the story of a young man, John Grady Cole, from Texas who realizes that his idealistic vision of a traditional Old West future is being compromised by the modernization of American culture. Grady holds himself to a cowboy code which advocates honestly, loyalty, and ardor above all. While the code is well intentioned it is also overly idealistic and ultimately leads Grady and his travel companion and friend Lacey Rawlins to some misfortunes.…

Ruben Martinez is a journalist whose work focuses on immigration, Mexican politics, and globalization. The reason being is that he is Mexican-AMerican and feels strongly for immigration. He is known for his feelings about immigration and has published many books. His work led to him winning an Emmy award along with several other accolades. He was also an editor at LA Weekly for five years. In Martinez’s article, “The Crossing,” published in 2006, he argues that immigration is a common theme. In…

Relationships “The shortest horror story: The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door” - Fredric Brown. Brown comedically exposes a fear that everyone has- the thought of life without others. Although some may initially say,” what? That sounds great !” when one actually thinks of being the last person on Earth, he or she sees that after awhile it would be terrible. Humans are social creatures, and the people that a person is around, ultimately shape his or her…

for the good still left behind in humanity. Through comparison to Greek Gods and the code of good guys, Cormac McCarthy presents the theme of hope in The Road. Hope is what feeds the father and son to see another day. Without hope there is no point in living. With hope, the father and son are able to do the unimaginable and overcome the obstacles that mankind has created for them. Overall McCarthy presents the theory that although there is no hope in the book, it is a book full of hope…

famous and brilliant novels cannot be identified as the “good guy” or the “bad guy.” These characters intentions and actions create this confusion, making them morally ambiguous. An example of this moral ambiguity can be found in The Road by Cormac McCarthy with the use diction. The father is the character at play, in which his decisions are controversial. The father’s character causes doubt in his morals when he justifies why he has kept his son alive with the use of diction. The man in the…

relationship between a child and the parent can lead the child to the wrong and dangerous path. In The Road by Cormac McCarthy, the child is not abused but is cherished by his father during their rigorous post apocalyptic journey. The father values his son more than his own life, putting himself at high risk of death. Throughout the novel the man is seen saying, “I want you to wait here” (McCarthy 132), making it obvious that the son is of great value to him. Also from beginning to end, the man…