Survival Vs. Morality In Cormac Mccarthy's The Road

Survival vs Morality: The Road to Fatality Darla is stranded on a desert island with only one source of food: her dead friend. She quickly makes the decision between life and death, rips off her friend’s flesh, and eats it. In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, Cannibals are often considered the bad guys, while the father, son, and mother are all considered good. The father and the son were the ones that were always calling themselves “good”, and the wife killed herself. The cannibals are always seen as terrible because they decided to eat people to survive. In The Road, the father, son, mother, and cannibals are all good guys. In this novel, the main characters are the father and son. They strive to keep themselves alive, while keeping their morals. The father and son are both overprotective individuals, and they not

Because the Cannibals use the way of eating people to survive, this way of life is justifiable. Living in the apocalypse is all about survival. In desperate times, people will do whatever it takes to pull through. In 1972, a plane crashed in the Andes and left 45 passengers stranded. They had little to no food, water, or supplies. Dr. Roberto Canessa was one of the survivors, and he only survived because he ate human flesh to survive. “It was repugnant...But then I thought of my mother and wanted to do my best to get back to see her. I swallowed a piece and it was a huge step - after which nothing happened” (1). Survival is one of the most important things in the apocalypse. Canessa was pushed by the thought of returning to his mother. He was probably thinking: “Would I rather be returned to my mother stone cold and dead, or be able to hug her and say hello again?” According to Debate.org, “69% of people would consume human flesh if they had no other choice” (1). Cannibalism may be essential to survival, and if it is justified by no