Essays about: "The road mccarthy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words The road mccarthy.

  1. 1. Ethics after the Apocalypse : Teaching Right and Wrong through and Analysis of Cormac McCarthy's The Road

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Rim Winssi; [2023]
    Keywords : Cormac McCarthy; The Road; Ethics; Consequentialism; Deontology; Virtue Ethics; Swedish National Agency of Education; English; Philosophy; Upper-secondary school;

    Abstract : In our world and our modern society, we have laws, ethics, morality, and religion that guide us, teaching us the basic principles of what is right and what is wrong, and what is good and what is bad. However, what would happen if all of these guides suddenly cease to exist? In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, this is exactly what happens. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Story Without Names: The Function of Nameless Characters in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Theodor Myrestrand; [2020]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

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  4. 3. Sublime Extinctions in Anthropocene Fiction: Literary representations of geologic force in works by Ballard, McCarthy and Watkins

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Samuel Teeland; [2018]
    Keywords : Anthropocene; Extinction; Sublime; J.G. Ballard; Cormac McCarthy; Claire Vaye Watkins; Languages and Literatures; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This essay examines representations of extinction in a selection of Anthropocene fiction. The Anthropocene is a potential new geological epoch, in which the human species capacity for massive ecological transformation is rivalling that of geologic processes. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Art of Carrying the Fire : Carrying the Fire: Motivation for Survival in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road

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    Author : Mikael Andersson; [2017]
    Keywords : McCarthy; The Road; Morality; Carrying the fire; Factors for motivation; Survival mentality; Religion; Society; Post-Apocalyptic; Paternal love.;

    Abstract : This essay is working on exploring what it is that motivates the man and the boy to survive despite the harsh reality they live in. The purpose of the essay is to show four main factors for motivation: morality, religion, society and paternal love. READ MORE

  6. 5. "You Have to Carry the Fire" : The Boy as Christ Figure in The Road

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Elife Ringström; [2016]
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    Abstract : In this essay the religious implications of the novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy is examined from the narrator’s point of view. The main character, the father, uses religion to create meaning and faith. The essay looks into what divine character the boy in the novel holds and how the father manages to create this role. READ MORE