Exchange Theory In Road Ends

The Road, a post apocalyptic novel,written by Cormac McCarthy, tells the story of a father and son traveling along the cold, barren and ash ridden interstate highways of America. Pushing all their worldly possessions in a shopping cart, they struggle to survive. Faced with despair, suicide and cannibalism, the father and son show a deep loving and caring that keeps them going through unimaginable horrors. Through the setting of a post apocalyptic society, McCarthy demonstrates the psychological effects of isolation and the need to survive and how these effects affect the relationships of the last few people on Earth.

Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, is an enticing, but soul-wrenching novel that perfectly conveys the precise conditions of a cold, desolate world, in which one feels utterly isolated. McCarthy does not hesitate to go into detail about powerful or foul events within the plot. He says exactly what he means, and can effectively incorporate forceful interactions between the characters and each other, as well as characters and their given environment. By using the literary devices of symbolism, imagery, and theme, McCarthy handcrafts a novel with such eloquence and grace that such a bleak and miserable world is perhaps a seemingly beautiful one.

In Ellen Hopkins’ Identical, twins Kaeleigh and Raeanne bring dark secrets to light. After the girls’ daddy, Raymond Gardella - a comely city judge - causes a car accident involving them and their mother, the family begins to fall apart at the seams. The girls’ mother soon after turns frigid, showing little to no emotion towards their daddy, and she eventually leaves them all. The loss of their mother, and their daddy’s loss of his wife, sends all them all into a downward spiral, which is just the start of the family dilemmas. Despite the family’s desperate pleas to have her back, she still refuses, and soon takes up an interest in the city politics. While she is gone, the girls’ daddy does some repugnant things that should have him put in jail, but only Kaeleigh and Raeanne know – and they’re smart enough not to open their mouths about it, or daddy will make it worse.

Facing transitions and dealing with dramatic change has a influencing aspect on family and personal relationships, through the text we see the dynamics of relationships and roles of family shift to meet the needs of each individual as they face the challenge of moving in to the world before them. the manner in which the various members of the Brennan family relate to each other, as well as the horrible

In any genuine friendship there are the differences between the people that spark curiosity, yet, it is similarities that draw two together to form a tight bond. This is evident in the friendship that starts between Vivian and Molly. Vivian, from outward show, does not display the slightest similarity with Molly. It is not until one examines the often tragic back stories of both that striking parallels begin to be made clear. By the time all is uncovered, the likenesses shared between Vivian and Molly far outweigh any disparities. In examining the relationship between Vivian and Molly, a perfect balance is struck in Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline.

The novel begins with a journey, both physical and emotional; the Brennans are physically moving houses and towns, but also moving into new, unfamiliar territory. The leaving of ‘home’ is synonymous with the leaving of what id known, familiar and comfortable, in a literal and metaphorical sense.

One thing that remains constant in the ever-changing world of Cormac McCarthy’s dystopian novel The Road is the relationship between The Man and The Boy. The father and son’s bond is extremely close, especially due to the isolation they face on The Road, but it is filled with love and endearment, like someone would expect any relationship between a father and son to be.

The novel “The Story of Tom Brennan” by J.C Burke demonstrates how a tragedy such as Daniel’s car accident can cause ripple effects. A tragedy is an unexpected event the leads to suffering and unhappiness, whereas a ripple effect means how one thing can lead to another. The novel shows how this accident affected the town of Mumbilli, the Brennan family and more specifically Daniel Brennan and Tom Brennan. This essay will explore how this tragedy affected Tom Brennan, Daniel Brennan and the rest of the Brennan family.

Jeannette can see and understand what is going on to her and her family. Jeannette shares: ‘mom you can’t quit your job’ I said. “ we need the money.” mom asked. “you have a job. You can earn money. Lori can earn money too.”(218). jeannette gets into a conflict with her mother. Jeannette don’t want her mother quit the job; because Jeannette understands this time her family need the money than ever. Opposite to Jeannette, her mother do not care much for the family and her children. Jeannette also conflict with her father after she tells him about her mother problem. Jeannette shares: “who do you think you are” he asked. “Shes your mother.” “ then why she doesn’t act like one?” i looked at dad for what felt like a very long moment. Then I burted out, “and why don’t you act like a dad” (220). Instead go to the bar and drink; jeannette wants her father to get a job to help the family. Jeannette wants her parents have responsibility for their kids and their family. Jeannette matures in her mind and also her actions such as talks to her parents to get a job, and take care her siblings. She is a young lady, but she has a mature thinking. Jeannette says:” i was afraid that Mr.Brecker wouldn’t give me the job if he knew I was only thirteen, so I told him I was seventeen.”(215). Jeannette has to work to get the money to help her family when she only thirteen years old. At this age, most children are only focus on school, but

The Road portrays the journey of the father and son across a black and white world that is analogous to my experiences of the quest of survival in Afghanistan and the refugee camp in Pakistan. Where many have abandoned their beliefs and morals to survive the hellish situation. Those who survive with their beliefs and values still in intact are constantly challenged on a day-by-day basis. Their survival must be persevered to keep the fire burning, however small for their own children. There must be some goodness that remains for their children to carry into the next generations. They must always remain

Mrs. Dashwood is noticeably conflicted about leaving the family home, Norland. On one hand, “she was impatient to be gone,” even though “to remove far from that beloved spot was impossible” (Ch. 3 pg. 12). Clearly it is a struggle to relive the grief of losing her husband in the house where they spent their life together, but at the same time it is very difficult to leave the only house that her and her daughters have ever called home. This inner turmoil reveals that the sense of home can be both loved and hated. When it comes time for them to finally leave the house, “Many tears were shed by them in their last adieus to a place so much beloved.” (Ch. 5 pg. 25) The middle daughter, Marianne, says, “When shall I cease to regret you! —When learn to feel a home elsewhere!”

We often consider the world to be filled with core truths, such as how people should act or what constitutes a good or bad action. In The Road, McCarthy directly challenges those preconceptions by making us question the actions of the characters and injecting a healthy dose of uncertainty into the heroes’ situation. From the very beginning, the characters and their location remain ambiguous. This is done so that the characters are purposely anonymous, amorphously adopting all people. While on the road, the order of the day is unpredictability; whether they find a horde of road-savages or supplies necessary for his son’s survival is impossible to foretell. While traveling, the boy frequently asks “are we the good guy” and the father always replies with “yes” or “of course,” but as the story progresses this comes into question.

An unconventional relationship between a grandfather and granddaughter linked with murder, deep strung emotions and change, only briefly describes the different happenings of the book The Third Life of Grange Copeland, by Alice Walker. The novel reads like a soap opera moving from one violent dysfunctional generation of a family to the next. The book comes to show the development of a relationship between Grange Copeland and his granddaughter, Ruth. Through the growth of their relationship it can be seen that people have the ability to change and that they can break free from social constraints. The relationship that Grange and Ruth has is multi-faceted and both of them learn and benefit from

The story begins with the reader learning that “10 days after the war, my sister died.” Through the telling of life with Iris Chase Griffen, we see life of the Chase family, who grows up in a small port town in Ontario. The two sisters, Iris and Laura, grow up without a mother and with an alcoholic for a father. Growing up, Iris is supposed to take care of Laura but jealously and hatrid form between the two. They fall in love with a Spaniard who they must hide in an attic. While both are in love, he ends up dying in a war. After this, Iris is forced into a marriage to Richard Griffen, who owns the button factory that is a competitor to the one the Chase’s dad owns. Iris father forces him into the marriage to save the factory, which it doesn’t.

Yet it seems that most, if not all, of their actions are predicated on acts of ‘male terror’, the aggressiveness and manipulative actions of Tom. In fact, the only time Rachel feels needed is when she involves herself in Megan/Scott/Tom’s personal matters. “Megan has been missing for around 133 hours, and I feel better than I have in months […] I don’t feel encumbered. I feel like myself – the myself I used to be” (Hawkins 96). Her identity is a struggle, destroyed by Tom in a previous relationship and eventually revived by Tom’s involvement in the murder of Megan Hipwell. It takes a collective effort by all three narrators to overthrow Tom, the physical embodiment of an abusive sexist patriarchal society. There is strength in numbers, but why do the resilient women who overcome the shackles of traditional gender roles need it? As it happens, the only women who attempted to make amends with her past and faced her demons alone was brutally murdered by her abuser. “All he wants is for me to go away – me and my child – and so I tell him, I scream at him, ‘I’m not going away. I am going to make you pay for this. For the rest of your bloody life, you’re going to be paying for this’ He’s not laughing anymore. He’s coming towards me. He has something in his hand” (Hawkins 304). For the ending to neatly tie all