Category Archives: November 9

On ‘The Road’

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Sam Barnes

Gone is the horror and the majesty.  Gone are the four Horsemen and two great beasts.  Gone, too, are the Woman and the Son, and the Tower and the Wicked one.  In Cormac McCarthy’s novel of the end of the … Continue reading →

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The Road

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Grecia H.

The Road is one of the most depressing books I have ever began to read. Hope only lives in the father, who hopes of reaching the coast and a warmer climate where he can show his son the world he … Continue reading →

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The Nihilism of a Post-Apocalyptic World

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Andreas Apostolopoulos

I’m not sure if its because it gets darker earlier now (due to DST), or because it was under 40 degrees tonight, but reading the road left me chilled to the bone. About halfway through our assignment of the first … Continue reading →

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Ending With a Whimper, Not a Bang

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Mac Warren

“The clocks stopped at 1:17.  A long shear of light and then a series of low concussions.  He got up and went to the window.  What is it?  she said.  He didn’t answer.  He went into the bathroom and threw … Continue reading →

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Banality. Conversation Without Quotes. Unexplained endings.

Posted on November 7, 2010 by jonrossi

I’m sitting here listening to Omar Khairat, an Egyptian composer, because it’s the only lyric-less music I can think of that I have on my computer, and it’s very conducive to doing homework.  But that’s neither here nor there with … Continue reading →

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