The Father And Son In Cormac Mccarthy's The Road

Parenting played a big role in shaping the two boys lives. Having a parental mentor is important because they assist and guide children to take the right decisions about their lives. The author had his two parents at the beginning of his life. Also, the author’s parents, especially his mother, tried to raise him in an effective way wanting him to know the right from wrong at an early age. “No mommy loves you, like I love you, she just wants you to do the right thing” (Moore 11). This quote was a live example of the author’s life with his parents. It reflected the different ways his parents used to teach him “the right thing.” Though his mother was upset from his action toward his sister, his father

Louisa Hansen Mr. Davis Honors English 10 25 February 2024 Maturity Changes Over Time In Cormac McCarthy's 2006 post-apocalyptic novel, The Road, he focuses on a father and son traveling south. They traverse a grim, broken, ashen America with a cart holding blankets, food, a few toys, and a motorcycle mirror attached to the handle. As they make their way to the coast, they encounter cannibals, thieves, and death, ranging from flames, starvation, and outright murder. Alongside these horrors, the pair struggle to find food, quite often going hungry for days on end with nothing but water to sustain them.

Over the course of the story the relationships with his father changes. In the beginning of the story he says him and his father are not very close. When they are taken to the camp, and him and father are separated from his mother and sister, that is

In his own childish way, the boy is still loyal to his father, and still sees him as a parental figure, even though he’s being activilt hurt by him, the boy seeks out his abuser for comfort.

Because some books that I have read the chacters try to much , but in this book you really don’t know that the boy is telling the story until you slowly read and pay attention to what he is saying. To be only eight years old the little boy seemed to have a a lot more intelligence than people we interact with daily. Whenever he knew something his sister did that was going to up set there mother , he would go correct it. All though he was very smart he still was a little boy who was eight years old. He was the reciver and the giver once they got letters from there father . You also know the father love his children because he had to fact the fact he was imprisoned and didn’t want to hurt his kids feelings. A father fear is to lose his children and to have his children lose respect for him. The fact that this book was written to the author with a smilar family situation at home. The boy also makes the best of any problem . He passes the time by playing war, cops and robbers , and going outside to play with friends. But at the end of the his father absence proves a deep sadness in his life. The boy trys to run to his mother about his dad and she just push him off her , . But the father did try to be there for his family while he was in jail , because he didn’t want to see all the weight but on his wife shoulders. Basiclally this store was about this little boy that missed his dad because he was going to

Family relationships and society play fundamental roles in how a child grows and makes their own choices. How they are seen and treated by society can influence how the child acts. From how they are raised, to what values and morals they are taught will determine the child’s reactions to obstacles that come up in life. I will be discussing some major events in the book that stood out to me as to why two men who basically grew up on the same block, ended up on very different paths.

This shows that when Father was honest with him, he would then try to acknowledge the truth to be able to understand why he did what he did, he would then be able to look back at all the times that Father has been good to him and weigh the bad and good of him as a father and may give him a second chance. Lastly, the conflict between Christopher and Father helps develop the theme when one realizes what to fix in order to show the value for the person. Father knows the tension he had caused by being dishonest, and by being honest, he was able to gain back trust from Christopher to show him that he valued their relationship. With that Father will learn how to value honesty in a relationship and show Christopher that he valued him as a person and their relationship as a whole. Therefore, the elements of the character of the father, the A-ha Moment of Christopher and the conflict develop the theme when in making an effort to heal a relationship, one must be truthful in order to show a sense of trust and value to the

In the novel “The Road’ Cormac McCarthy tells the story of a boy and his father in a post apocalyptic world. McCarthy uses many different things to create a real and terrifying view of this world. The way the book is written and the details that are added help show us the how truly dreadful the world is. It also creates an understanding of the awful condition the world is left in and the horrible state the survivors are in. Many passages throughout the book give a clear description of the world and the survivors. The novel shows the reality in a post apocalyptic world and gives a different take on the way people act and live.

In The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006) a father and son illustrate dedication towards each others lives by surviving in a post-apocalyptic world. Through hard times both characters deal with facing death and admitting that they both want to die, but they depend on one another to continue survival in this dreadful world. McCarthy describes this as a recurring theme throughout the book. The idea of death is a constant threat, but through reliance and love of others one can persevere.

Several things that happen in this book are a result of what the father and son do in their relationships for

Early on in the novel, the reader begins to learn that the The Man and The Boy have a very close and intimate bond. Rather than causing a strain on the their relationship, the isolation that constantly follows the pair on The Road actually made their bond as father and son stronger . Traveling along The Road by themselves causes The Man and The Boy’s relationship to become extremely codependent. The Boy relies on The Man like any child would rely on their father. The Boy completely counts on The Man for everything, including food, shelter, clothes, and everything else that is needed to survive on The Road. The Man keeps them safe from the “bad guys” and keeps them alive and as healthy as he can. The Boy’s needs are always put before The Man’s needs. However, The Man depends upon The Boy just as much as The Boy depends on him. If it weren’t for The Boy, The Man would have been dead a long time ago. The only reason that he has survived this long is because of The Boy. Making sure The Boy survives is the only meaning that The Man has to his life. The Boy’s continued existence is the most influential motivation

There are parts in the book where the child shows how compassionate he is yet the man shows his resolve to survive in the cruel world that they now live in. This is shown in this line “Can’t we help him Papa? No. We can’t help him. There’s nothing to be done for him.” This book also shows the importance of having someone to care about due to the child keeping the man sane. A Lesson Before Dying has taught me about segregation in the past and to not only become someone that I’m proud of, but someone that other people look up to. This was shown at this line from the book, “I want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be.” Both of the books had important messages and really taught me a thing or two about life and how I should cherish it.

In order for a child to live in a complete and happy family, the paternal love plays a major role in a child’s life, especially the love of a father which is as much important as a mother’s love. Moreover, a father’s love is one of the greatest influences on the child’s personality development throughout his/her life. A father’s love brings a sense of protection of security in a child. In the novel The Road, Cormac McCarthy present the great example of paternal love. The novel deals with a post-apocalyptic story about an unnamed man and his unnamed child as they move toward the south to find a better place to live after the catastrophic event. The son is the only reason for the father

The father does not comply with his son and leaves the naked man alone in the cold. This further shows the differences between the boy and his father. The final contrast between the two is exemplified with the ending. Throughout the book the reader is allowed to assume that if the son dies in the novel then the father would consequently commit suicide. At the end of the story when the father dies first the boy stays strong and decides to blindly follow other survivors and put his faith in them. Throughout, the story; however the father doesn't put any trust into anyone. His son, being a foil of him decides to put his faith into other survivors and takes a leap of faith and follow them their camp. This instance further shows the stark difference between the father and the son.

The boy is very warm-hearted and appears to struggle to understand that danger could occur at any moment, whilst his father knows a lot more about what some people, “the bad guys”, do in order to survive. It could be seen that the child is very naive and therefore trusts others more than his father. However his trust in others teaches his father a valuable lesson; that not everyone is a “bad guy”. For instance when the pair come across Ely, the father is wary about him but his son is adamant that they give him a tin of food. This shows to readers that the boy has faith unlike his father. Another example is when the son sees the little boy; he begs his father to go back and help him and asks if he can go with them. I believe that he wants to help others as