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    Cormac McCarthy's novel "The Road" depicts a post-apocalyptic world that has stripped away civilization and morals, forcing humans to revert to primitive, animalistic behaviors to survive. The book follows a father and son as they travel through this empty landscape, avoiding cannibalistic tribes and struggling to hold on to their humanity. McCarthy uses literary techniques like sparse punctuation and lack of character names to reinforce the desolate setting and show that the story could be about any survivors. A recurring metaphor of "carrying the fire" gives the characters and readers hope as they journey through the "nights beyond darkness."

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    Cormac McCarthy's novel "The Road" depicts a post-apocalyptic world that has stripped away civilization and morals, forcing humans to revert to primitive, animalistic behaviors to survive. The book follows a father and son as they travel through this empty landscape, avoiding cannibalistic tribes and struggling to hold on to their humanity. McCarthy uses literary techniques like sparse punctuation and lack of character names to reinforce the desolate setting and show that the story could be about any survivors. A recurring metaphor of "carrying the fire" gives the characters and readers hope as they journey through the "nights beyond darkness."

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    Cormac McCarthy's novel "The Road" depicts a post-apocalyptic world that has stripped away civilization and morals, forcing humans to revert to primitive, animalistic behaviors to survive. The book follows a father and son as they travel through this empty landscape, avoiding cannibalistic tribes and struggling to hold on to their humanity. McCarthy uses literary techniques like sparse punctuation and lack of character names to reinforce the desolate setting and show that the story could be about any survivors. A recurring metaphor of "carrying the fire" gives the characters and readers hope as they journey through the "nights beyond darkness."

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    Cormac Mccarthy

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    Cormac McCarthy's novel "The Road" depicts a post-apocalyptic world that has stripped away civilization and morals, forcing humans to revert to primitive, animalistic behaviors to survive. The book follows a father and son as they travel through this empty landscape, avoiding cannibalistic tribes and struggling to hold on to their humanity. McCarthy uses literary techniques like sparse punctuation and lack of character names to reinforce the desolate setting and show that the story could be about any survivors. A recurring metaphor of "carrying the fire" gives the characters and readers hope as they journey through the "nights beyond darkness."

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    Cormac McCarthys the Road shows how easily humanitys

    Cormac McCarthys the road takes readers on a journey uncovering the surprising yet original and
    ugly characteristics of humanity where all values, ethics and morals which have seemingly masked
    human evolution to be stripped to its barebones where we in all aspects return to animalistic and
    cave-men like lifestyles where humanity originally began. The road explores how the survivors have
    handled this state of adversity and the ways characters are fuelled to continue fighting for survival.
    Like a domesticated dog released back into the wild,humanitys hidden characteristics are being
    revealed in shame whilst covering up the characteristics of humans former self.In what seems like
    humanity driven back to the cave-men times where people are seen to Slouching along with clubs
    in their hands suggests that in a new world,we do not what is right or wrong as there have been no
    previous history acting as precedents guiding us how to grow.Cannibalistic tribes whose
    appearance,education and language sophistication have deteriorated in a death arena who which
    the two protagonists(the son and the father) must avoid to avoid the gruesome and horrific
    treatment used on the prisoners of the marauders.The emptiness of the world is supported by the
    lack of punctuation where apostrophes,extended sentences have not been used to reflect the
    emptiness of the world.Mccarthy does not give his two protagonists a name which suggests that this
    could happen to anyone and they represent mankind.Use of symbolism when the boy drinks a coke
    can and does not know what it is reinforces what kind of world this is.
    Good guys vs bad guys arena

    Mccarthy shows that even amongst a blackened world where the majority of survivors have
    succumbed to savagery there is still hope for humanity through the two protagonists like a rose
    amongst the thorns.The father constantly reminds the boy that they are carrying the fire.It is a
    fitting use of metaphor which reflects the worlds setting nights beyond darkness and the suvivors
    who refuse to descend into savagery.
    Through the use of biblical allusions,the father sees
    Ely is an allusion to Elijah the prophet
    Ely
    Mother
    Deux ex machine


    Imagery is seen to be dark full of despair the environment
    Also the use of symbolism carrying the fire

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