Cormac Mccarthy's The Road

In Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road, we are brought to a strange land that was once known as the southeastern part of the United States of America. Although the land is now barren and shows no more evidence of towns, landmarks, or street names, the main character talks frequently of moving to the south to warmer weather. He even thinks about the slaves that once lived and worked at a plantation house he and his son come across, which gives us a few hints as to where the story is located. This man and his son are travelling toward the ocean so they have a better chance of surviving the upcoming winter. Their post-apocalyptic world is full of darkness, despair, ruin, and hopelessness. The only joy the man has left is his young son, who was born

They won’t find us (McCarthy 148). -- it allows him to convey a more serious voice; his somber style is even more solidified. We are also forced to think harder about what is being said and who is saying it. By doing this, his words are better understood and the message of the story comes across more clearly. At the end of The Road, the boy, who is now a bit older, is greeted by a stranger. This stranger seems friendly enough; he tells the boy that he is one of the good guys, and he does not make the boy feel uncomfortable. He even gives him enough time to say goodbye to his father. The boy asks the stranger, “are you carrying the fire? (McCarthy 283), but the man is not quite sure how to respond to him. When the man sees that talking about the fire calms down the boy a bit, he agrees to it. He also allows the boy to confide in him by telling him that he has a son, daughter, and wife who only wants to help him rather than hurt him. Although the boy is not as much of a Romanticist as his father was, his response to this friendly stranger shows that his father’s determination to keep travelling, even when they felt they could not any longer, has given him the strength and courage he needs to continue on. His father never stopped showing him kindness because he only wanted the best for his

Sometimes, we are too proud to admit that we would be scared at all of a cataclysmic world, but we all have some sense of fear, especially when our situation comes down to the people we hold so near to our hearts. Cormac McCarthy does a wonderful job displaying something that is so obvious to us, but is often overlooked or swept under the rug. He is not afraid to write about the things we want to forget or ignore, and it causes us to come to self-realization. We should live for ourselves and for others who care about us no matter how things might turn up in the end. There will always be a sense of doubt, but we can never be too sure that something we enjoy or love won’t matter in the long run. We have to take into account that nothing will last forever, but that’s okay. Everything we experience makes an impact on our minds, on our opinions, and the choices we make. McCarthy’s novels has impacted all of the above for myself and for others, and all he did was simply write about the