Viggo Mortensen

The Road, managed to bring out emotions of hope and despair with a slight hint of love in it. The actors, Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee did a brilliant job on portraying the roles of father and son. The chemistry between those two is one of the best I’ve seen in a lot of movies. The main characters in the film, unlike any other movie, does not have names

Title: The Road 1. Significance of the title: The father and son in the story are following a road to go south; that is their objective which they work towards throughout the novel. 2. Genre: Post-apocalyptic Fiction 3. Date of original publication: September 26th, 2006 4. Author: Cormac McCarthy 5. Setting (including: time span of the story, time period in which the story is set, and place[s] in which the story is set): The story takes place over many months, but there is no

“Hope… Sometimes that’s all you have when you have nothing else. If you have it. You have everything .” In The Road by Cormac McCarthy a recurring theme in the story is gaining or losing hope. Throughout this story there are numerous instances and events that occur in which all seems lost at a dead end, but in those moment hope carries through and thrives. In this dystopian post apocalyptic world the man and boy are fighting to stay alive while keeping their humanity as well as searching for what

Modern Day Motorists Since receiving my driver’s license one year ago, I have encountered such a wide variety of motorists with different driving styles. Some even have their own driving “personalities”. The motorists that stand out the most are the angry drivers, the “stereo” on wheels, the grandma, the good guy, and the distracted mom. These motorists are fairly simple to spot, and make commuting to work or school ten times worse. Some are even dangerous, and threaten the safety of those around

I rushed down the road; my chubby cheeks jiggling as the wind blew swiftly onto my face. I felt like even Usain Bolt himself wouldn’t have been able to accelerate at the astonishing speeds I was going. Suddenly, once my father decided let go of my shoulders, I found myself spiraling down a hill uncontrollably. I grabbed the handlebars firmly as I screamed towards the heavens at the top of my lungs. My feet flailing around whilst attempting to scour for the pedals. Seconds later, I found myself crashing

Draft 2 From 1894 to 1899, the New York Times published a series of articles on the happenings in cycling called, “The Gossip of the Cyclers”. This series of articles covered everything from cycling club politics to trends in cycling. One of the more important things written about was the Good Roads Movement. The Good Roads Movement was a movement started by cyclists in the 1880’s that rallied for, and eventually helped create the roads that are used today, or at least the structure of some of the

The wind howled outside warning us of the bitter cold that waited for us outside. The sky was starting to turn dark and the outside world became scarier compared to the warmth of the fireplace before me, it was crackling and spitting out little pieces of burnt wood but they couldn’t make it past the glass panel. Within minutes everyone was piled in the room talking and chatting about how scary it was going to be tonight. As a group of stupid high school kids we decided to go out to haunted road that

The ability to paint beautiful ideas on a canvas of dark events and imagery is an essential skill in the arsenal of an accomplished writer. In his novel The Road, Cormac McCarthy demonstrates his understanding of this skill. A reviewer from the San Francisco Chronicle described The Road saying, “[McCarthy’s] tale of survival and the miracle of goodness only adds to McCarthy’s stature as a living master. It’s gripping, frightening, and, ultimately, beautiful.” These descriptions of the tale are true

In Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road, a man and his son live in a somber post-apocalyptic world. Although it’s not clear what brought the world to this point, the novel paints a clear picture of the aftermath. The boy and his father spend their days traveling through the dark and cold landscape while trying to make their way south, which they hope will bring warmer weather and easier times. Throughout their dreadful journey, the pair deal with many terrible and heart wrenching situations that seem

As humans who want to avoid looking bad at all costs, it is difficult to swallow one's pride. We admire people who manage to overcome this, and do the right thing. Upon first glance, we may not be able to distinguish which type of people have this trait; however, this trait is necessary to maintain and create positive relationships with others and can have huge effects in the future. In “Mr. Know All”, the narrator’s view of Mr. Kelada changed from one of immense vexation at the start to one of