Cormac McCarthy uses many types of symbolism to elaborate on the circumstances at hand in his novel The Road. McCarthy uses these not only to add to the effect of the scenes, but also to lead the reader to think about the deeper meaning of the messages he is trying to convey. He shows symbolism using images of a pistol, serpents, and fire. First, McCarthy uses a pistol to symbolize a means of escape from the pain of the harsh life that the man and the boy live. The man has a pistol with only two
Professor Perry Ivey English 1102 9 April 2015 Cormac McCarthy’s The Road The grim tale, The Road, is about a father and his son trying to survive and make their way south after a catastrophe struck the world. The world looks as if its one big ash tray, as all living things including vegetation is no longer. In their travels, the father-son duo try to avoid others who will turn them into slaves or even worse; eat them. The novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy provides great examples of how inhumane society
due to the way it dealt with big issues, was the novel, The Road by Cormac McCarthy. The Road is a story of a man and a boy trying to survive in a post apocalyptic world. The story tackles big issues such as death/suicide, revenge, love and forgiveness. What makes it even better is the way it sheds light on the situations by using symbolism to show the reader it's relatable without making it too obvious. There is a scene in “The Road”
In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, many conflicts appear between the two protagonists and this dark, depressing reality. The conflicts are widened with the apocalyptic future that the man and the boy live in because they necessity to scavenge food which in the current society is not vital. Although the story portrays three main conflicts, which are man versus man, man versus nature, and man versus himself, that appear frequently in the story, the story is a struggle for the protagonists to survive