The man with the shotgun tells that boy that his group of companions discussed whether they should come after the boy or not, but they'd decided to ask the boy to join their group and travel with them. Are you talking about McCarthy's book, or one of Dr. Phil's? Join Moosmosis and our wonderful lifelong learning community today! I didn't really notice the trout when I read the book. Spoiler alert!

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The worst of it, though, is that after the Man's death the boy simply walks up to a group of people (potential cannibals) and surprise! They are described as ragged and downtrodden, and that was probably thier last hope. Once the man died, the boy, who was naturally more optimistic and hopeful, immediately found that the world was not as full of darkness or as completely evil as the Man believed it to be, and ultimately made it to be. reply | flag * message 2: by Michael (new) - rated it 2 stars. I personally think that having the man 'pass on the fire' to his son is a far more satisfying end, and gives hope for the future. Maybe that's just me. For a view into what I think the true ending intended in this book is, all you have to do is re-read the dream from page one: A humanoid [bell shaped head with brain] creature lives beneath the ground and eats moss from the bottom of a cave. There are a lot of people moralizing, and trying to make the ending be right, but I think your impression is just. Now I'm not the biggest fan of McCarthy's writing, though The Road was easier to read than most of his other books, but I kept with it because I thought McCarthy had set up a very disturbing dilemma and I had to know how it would play out. With the reader having to face the dilemma that the man faces in choosing to believe in wether people are good or bad. The Road Introduction + Context. The reversal of the father's priorities was developed throughout the entire book and I think the son being adopted by another wandering family was kind of meant to give the reader a sense of false hope. ✏️With over 4 years of Ivy League admissions consulting experience, I have worked with over 150+ undergraduate and graduate applicants proofread, edit, and perfect their personal statements. Then The Boy covers his father with a blanket. © 2020 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The boy stays with his father for three days and then sets out on the road. Did the father really believe that would happen? I think the fact that the book ends with him joining the couple and the two kids makes it even more sadder than if he had died with his father. The boy decides to trust the new man and go with him, and the children and woman with him. Read this way, the ending possibly suggests that society will rebuild itself.A not-so-brief side note: Don't forget that The Man's death at the end functions as a type of sacrifice – he's pushed himself hard in order to get The Boy to a warm climate for winter. I just finished The Road and I have to say that it may be one of the best books I've ever read. Analysis, Summary, overview, explanation, meaning, description, of The Road And The End. When I read the ending, however, I felt that McCarthy had completely cheated me of my investment in the story by replacing the horrific (but hopefully profound) ending that had been set up and was logically inevitable with a piece of cheerful, sunny cant. Plot Summary. The man says that there's a little boy with them, although it's not clear if this is the same boy that has been mentioned throughout the novel. ( Log Out /  Dreams and Memory Theme in The Road | LitCharts.

With the young boy in front and the “sunken haggard” man behind, McCarthy creates “new distance” between the two to portray both their physical and emblematic divergences.

I just added a "spoiler" flair to this post, just a heads up. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. The dilemma comes at the point when only one bullet is left in the gun, meaning that the Man is left with the choice between allowing the Boy -- his son -- to be tortured, killed, and eaten (and not necessarily in that order), and shooting the Boy to prevent this (and thus falling victim to the same fate himself). , Cormac McCarthy’s The Road – Literary Analysis [Part 2: – Moosmosis.

literary terms. Love, "the fire", whatever you want to call it. I only read the Road because it was required for my class, but I actually enjoyed it. It honestly doesn't really matter where you are in it, you go from point to point of utter despair, even when they reach the ocean, there's nothing there. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Everything McCarthy shows us (e.g., a basement filled with human slaves, one of whom has had his legs cut off) seem to suggest that the Man is right in his judgment here, and that the Boy is insipidly sentimental to think approaching groups of people is a good idea. I’ve heard that it’s a hard book to read (/film to watch) but now I’m intruiged! Was he lying when he told his son he thought it would be fine? Who's to say the insipidly sentimental boy won't be emotionally abused by the family? They are later found to have eaten the child, but in what is clearly desperation. It doesn't matter how long you put off death if you do it in those ways. By placing such a pretty description in the last paragraph, McCarthy adds a little importance (we picture paragraphs with puffed-out chests) to all the lyrical descriptions that pepper the text. I didn't think to add it, but then again you can't be too careful with things like that. There are a group of four people - three men and a pregnant women - who walk past them on the road. The ending of the novel is surprisingly hopeful.
Quick fast explanatory summary. Quick fast explanatory summary. His father seems to sense this, and tells the boy that goodness will find the little boy because it always has. Why did he use? And, thank you for following Moosmosis and supporting our global youth education platform! In either case, we are left with a cheap feel-good novel masquerading as apocalyptic horror -- but it sure sold. The man says he does remember the other boy, and that he thinks the boy is all right, that goodness will find him because it always has. This is a moderated subreddit.
I'm not complaining that I didn't find the ending personally edifying.

On the other hand, one could just as easily read the ending as a testament to hope and humanity (and all that other good stuff). Please help support us! Press J to jump to the feed. Recognized by United Nations Academic Impact Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Section 21 - Man tells boy to leave him behind" to "Boy sets out with another family. Please. I don't know how I feel about the ending. I've heard a lot of praise for it, and a lot of people call it depressing as is (though they like the nice uplift at the end), but I haven't heard anyone else whoa agrees with me.


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