Road

During the Han Dynasty of China, the Silk Road was an established system of multiple routes, well-known for connecting the regions of the ancient world in trade. Despite the name, the Silk Road was not one singular route – in fact, it linked China, Japan, Persia, India, Arabia and Europe. During the Han Dynasty, emperor Wu sent one of his men to seek the help of neighboring nomadic tribes in attempt to band together to fend off the Xiongnu. It was on this journey that the emissary came across…

When one travels on a road trip, there can be many mixed feelings of traveling to a different state, or even country. In “Back Road” by Vinnie Rotondaro, two adults travel from New York City to Pittsburgh for a friends engagement, taking the long way there. In the story “A Winter’s Drive” by ReadWorks, the text is about a man going to Canada for a few days to retrieve something he left behind when he moved to the United States. Mood is the state of feeling from the author that develops during…

heroic journey that wouldn´t be taken on by many. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is a book about a Man and a Boy traveling south years after a worldwide event ending in the death of many people. They are challenged by many hardships including cannibals and starvation. McCarthy’s inspiration for The Road was a trip to El Paso, Texas with his son in 2003. He imagined a world 100 years in the future. McCarthy has won many awards for The Road, including the Pulitzer Prize and James Tait Black Memorial…

Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken,” is a descriptive poem about life and the struggles of choosing the path in life that will be best for the narrator. There are many times in life where decisions that are made will affect the rest of a person’s life. However, the narrator of this poem has reached a point in his life where he cannot go any farther without making a decision that will change the rest of his life. Throughout the poem Frost uses symbolism. A fork in the road that represents…

Finding symbols between the lines can bring new meaning to the constant rain, the occasional snow, even the random blind man walking through the ashes. In exploring the broken world of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, a father and son find themselves in instances which convey into acts of baptism. Acts hidden within character’s actions, as explained by Thomas C. Foster in How to Read Literature Like a Professor. The presence of water creates a whole new sense when characters submerge, raising the…

Water, one of the highest of holy rebirth references in existence. In The Road by Cormac McCarthy the two characters, the boy and the man, take a long journey, including a struggle of death versus life shown through the use of symbols to represent both sides of the struggle. One of the heaviest symbols in the novel is McCarthy's use of biblical references in many forms to portray feelings of hope and rebirth/resurrection, while also showing filth and irony in that of the water in the new yet…

The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a story of a father and his son and their journey through the desolate wasteland of what we assume to be America. We follow their story in this extinct Earth of a land filled of grim outcomes, ashen landscapes, and the devoid of living animals and vegetation. The father and son are presented as the “good guys” who carry the fire. Most of their human encounters are survivors who have turned to cannibalism and scavengers who are only concerned with their…

Revolutionary Road was a book written by Richard Yates, published in 1961. Revolutionary Road takes place in the 1950s and focuses on the two main characters, Frank and April Wheeler and their hopes and dreams for their future lives. Revolutionary Road takes you through the confusing, ups and downs of the Wheelers life, with other characters such as the Campbells, the Wheelers neighbors, and the Givings, the Wheelers real estate agent and her family. In Revolutionary Road you see April and Frank…

In the novel The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, a young boy and his father travel along a stretch of roadways amidst a post-apocalyptic wasteland that was once the United States of America; with the goal of making it to the coast to establish what they hope to be a better and safer life. The journey to the edge of what was once a peaceful and prosperous nation is a long and grueling trek. Along the way the duo encounter fiends that threaten their safety and well being. Though life of any kind is rare…

and Men and Frost's 'The Road Not Taken' and 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'. All of these texts explore journeys and different impacts of fear and regret which has lead the audience to consider that the destination and arrival doesn't, in fact, matter. Fear is a large part of journeys. A journey can be initiated by fear or have multiple problems and fearful consequences. Fear often accompanies journeys as a way to reinitiate and push forward a slow journey. 'The Road Not Taken' provides…