The Role Of Hope In Cormac Mccarthy's The Road

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Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road, follows a boy, and a man struggling to survive in a dystopian world. After the apocalypse, many people panicked and did what they thought was the best thing to do for them to survive. This ultimately lead to a world filled with suicides, murders, crimes and even cannibalism. When this event took place, it ended up wiping out almost everything; there was no plants, no animals, and barley any food left for the remaining people left on the plant. Ultimately everyone lost hope. However, the man and boy still had hope, they both had each other and that was enough for them. Even though the man knew that his time was getting closer, he continued to fight and live for the boy who carried the last hope for humanity. …show more content…

When “carrying the fire” a person can be safe from whatever the world throws at them. In addition to that, good things will always happen to good people. Just as the man said, “Goodness will find the little boy. It always has. It will again” (281). The boy has a heart of gold, he’s always concerned about other people; whether it’s people who want to help the man and him or want to harm them. No matter what the boy will always find an excuse to help others. This is one of the reasons why he is considered to be a symbol. The boy is the last hope for this ruined …show more content…

Today, there are many cancer patients and many other hospitalized patients that have hope that they 're going to get better than they were before. Teachers, students, parents, doctors, scientists, and many more people all around the world have hope. For example, when a cancer patient is diagnosed, they automatically hope that the treatments that they get are successful and make the cancer go away. In addition, there are many marches going on in this world today. From the Women’s March to the Black Lives Movement to even the March for