Assignment 2. The Road, Cormac McCarthy.

Cormac McCarthy's ominous novel, The Road, utilizes the demise of 'The Father' to expound the meaning of the book which is it is possible for something beautiful to exist in the midst of malevolent influences. The idea of something beautiful was established through the love of the father for his son and his quest which is implemented for the sole purpose of keeping his son safe and alive. The beginning of his demise is indicated when McCarthy wrote "On the fine snow, a thin mist of blood" (McCarthy 9). Albeit the conspicuousness of the indication of his inevitable expiration, The Father continues to press forward in the face of the possibility of death. The Father was later described in the book as "very weak, and for all his speeches he'd become more faint of heart than he'd been in years," (McCarthy 61). The text above implies that The Father is growing feebler and more dispirited a position that would immobilize the will and determination of many. The Father and his son attempt  to survive in a land of total destruction both physically and morally, but even with this fact and his dejected composure, his love for his son still endures. The Father's love continues until "when he lay down , and knew that he could go no further and that this was the place where he would die" (McCarthy 90). Cormac McCarthy included The Father's acknowledgment of his ultimate sacrifice to epitomize the meaning of the book which is also defined through the strength of the beauty of his undying love and devotion towards his son. This is also interpreted through by the inverse relationship of his health and devotion towards his child; the weaker he gets the more the love for his son pushes him on to protect him until he took his last breath.