Category Archives: November

Spiralling Towards Darkness, and then, Light

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Mac Warren

The first time I finished The Road, I was on an airplane.  The juxtaposition of my own surroundings and the solemn oppressiveness that McCarthy so eloquently presents in his novel were, at the time, quite disorienting.  Mostly, the novel’s conclusion … Continue reading →

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Redemption For Some, A Savior To The Others

Posted on November 10, 2010 by jonrossi

After reading my entry from last week (technically as I’m posting this, it was this week), readers will be glad to know that I have few complaints, if any, about the last half of the book.  If anything, I was … Continue reading →

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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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