The Road is a movie with little plot besides a father and a son walking down a road. Alt-hough this movie is very dull it has parts that put u back into watching the rest of the movie. The plot it does have can be divided into acts of violence, selfishness, and mer-cilessness.
Violence is vivid throughout the film. When there is no longer an economy or government to minimize the crimes, Crime becomes a very common thing. Acts of vio-lence are committed by a majority of society in the movie. With no rules to restrain any-one it has caused sickening sights of Human bodies lying everywhere. At this point the "wisp of flame" which represents the hope for humanity has died out due to so much violence and murder and all around people have taken advantage of having no conse-quence for their crimes forcing the people who have the "fire" or the "good guys" to also be forced into violence to protect themselves and in the man's case protect his son from the "bad guys". The man is also forced into teaching his son into knowing who to protect
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The man when trifled with is not one to forgive. When he has his supplies stolen and he retrieves them back from the person who took them he does not let him off the hook. The man forces the thief to give them his clothes but the man is begging "come on. Dont do this." the man doesn't need the clothes for any reason but because of the possibly deadly situation the thief could have put him and his son in, it makes the man want vengeance and no matter how much the thief begs the man refuses to give mercy. Lack of mercy is also shown by the Cannibals whom have a large group of people trapped in a cellar, waiting for their turn to be cooked and eaten. These people are put in one of the worst situations you can think of and the people causing this have no plan of giving them mercy by releasing them or at the very least improving the terrible living space that they are trapped
Recorded during 1980 a total of 87.2% of American homes owned at least one vehicle, while 51.5% of Americans owned more than one vehicle.[2] The increasing amount of sales resulted in an increase in the amount of cars that were on the road. The large amount of cars made the time of traveling from one destination to another longer than it was when not as many vehicles were on the road. Reducing the amount of time it took to travel lead to the idea of the highway system in 1938.[4] The extensive process of figuring out where the highways should lay and how they should be created did not allow the building process to begin until 1956.[4] Besides reducing the amount of time that it took to travel to each destination the highway system will
2. According to Sobchack, contemporary screen violence greatly differs than portrayals of violence in years past. Today, violent scenes are careless and lack significance because we as audiences have become calloused and desensitized to any acts of violence. She states that there is “no grace or benediction attached to violence. Indeed, its very intensity seems diminished” (Sobchack 432). Senseless violence, gruesome acts, and profound amounts of gore are prevalent in movies today, and because even this is not enough, it must be accompanied by loud blasts and noise, constantly moving scenes to keep audiences stimulated and large quantities of violence for viewers to enjoy what they are watching. Decades ago, it was the story that was engaging to audiences and filmmaking was an art.
Throughout the novel the feelings the man has for his son are sacred; the man makes great sacrifices for his son to continue to live and have a future in a world that has been devastated and stripped of all humanity. The boy is the only source of light for
Cormac McCarthy’s “Blood Meridian” does a marvelous job of highlighting the violent nature of mankind. The underlying cause of this violent nature can be analyzed from three perspectives, the first being where the occurrence of violence takes place, the second man’s need to be led and the way their leader leads them, and lastly whether violence is truly an innate and inherent characteristic in man.
Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road, is set sometime in the future after a global disaster in which tells a story of a nameless boy and father who both travel along a highway that stretches to the East coast. This post-apocalyptic novel shows the exposes of terrifying events such as cannibalism, starvation, and not surviving portraying the powerful act of the man protecting his son from all the events in which depicts Cormac McCarthy’s powerful theme of one person sacrificing or doing anything humanly possible for the one they love which generates the power of love.
Throughout the novel, there is clearly excessive violence the world. Teenagers kill each other, TV is filled with violence, and even cars can bring on a need for speed and destruction. Violence seems to be an outlet. This aspect, though it may have already been present in Bradbury’s time, is similar to our present time as well. Youth violence is present, TV and movies are filled with violence and gore, and cars are often used for sport in addition to transportation. Overall, our own society can definitely appear to be violent.
At first it is seen as a story about man and the evils he can do, yet
...ely with one another and lived in peace as partners, the ease of human transgression permits no romanticized view of this Agolden age.@ Finally B and this is a much more fragmentary conceptualization B the story refuses its hearers the luxury of demonizing, suppressing or repressing violence. Violence is not something that others do to us, but something we inflict upon others. The story consequently demands that we confront and internalize deeply the consequences of violence, and in this alone offers a profoundly important model of response.
On the Road is a story about countless elements of life that are relative to almost everyone today. Understanding of time, spirituality, wisdom, reality, poverty, friendship, dissatisfaction, and admiration are all key components to the
It shows the need for people to conform to societal expectations to survive and thrive in society. It also shows the consequences of going against those expectations to purse matters of the heart, whether that is helping a condemned man or trying to keep your family from being taken away. Fighting these societal expectations puts a target on these people’s backs, which is why so many people decide to just succumb to these expectations, which is much easier on these
Firstly, violence is used as a tool to vent anger. One prime example of this is that in the very first conversation of the play,
Just how it shows when the power falls into the hands of the group, the terror arise and the violence as well. When they are looking for the stranger it show how the family has no power of the situation and the individuals take control of the situation by showing the family they aren’t playing any games. They show them knifes and the chainsaws through the camera, and they give them a time period. The demand that is exposed in this part shows how the issue is no joke and they are not playing games. When the family runs out of time it gives them the under hand and the power stays with the group of people.
I believe fear, superstition, and greed fuel many evil things today whether big or small. Power hungry humans fight all throughout history and is usually for these reasons. Personally, the book taught me about how people deal with situations when they are under pressure, one’s need...
Everything has died, and all that remains is brutality and savagery. People, once neighbors and friends, now turning on each other in the name of survival. It is disturbing and horrific most of the time. Despite this, there is a light in the dark. Two survivors wandering the road, a father and a son. They are some of the last “good guys” on the planet. They are able to survive, despite the horrendous conditions presented to them. They are constantly running from terror, with little safety to hide. They, however, make their own safety. Cormac McCarthy is able to masterfully use things that most writers try their best to avoid. McCarthy writes without using names. This creates a sense of safety between father and son, as they do not need each other 's names. It is just them. McCarthy writes using incorrect grammar. This shows the father and son are alike real people. They are not perfect, cookie cutter characters. They could be anyone the reader knows. They both love each other and feel safe enough with one another. McCarthy writes using short, to the point sentences. This conveys that the son is smart enough to understand what is happening without long descriptions. Despite this knowledge, the father is constantly calming down the kid, furthering their love for one another. McCarthy is a master of writing, and The Road is sure to go down in history as a magnificent piece of
In the Novel The Road, by Cormac McCarthy, survival becomes the biggest quest to life. The novel is set to be as a scene of isolation and banishment from people and places. The author uses the hidden woods as a set of isolation for the characters, in which creates the suspense of traveling to an unspecified destination near the shore. Cormac McCarthy creates a novel on the depth of an imaginative journey, which leads to a road of intensity and despair. The journey to move forward in an apocalyptic world transforms both of the main characters father and son tremendously as time progress. In particular, the boys’ isolation takes him from hope to torment, making him become fearful and imaginative. The images indicate that McCarthy’s post apocalyptic novel relies on images, particular verbal choices, and truthful evidence to how isolation affected the son emotionally and physically.