Kanyılmaz, Işıl (2017) How is humanity explored as a concept in Cormac McCarthy's The Road? Other thesis, TED Ankara Koleji.
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Abstract
In Cormac McCarthy’s post-apocalyptic novel The Road, the two protagonists a father and his son, struggle to maintain their humanity, as they travel through a burned and demolished land which is now only accommodated by the few survivors left that are twisted and broken enough to kill, rape and even canabalize those they come across. In this study the researcher tries to answer the question “How is humanity explored as a concept in Cormac McCarthy's The Road?” and explore whether the characters the Man and the Boy are able to preserve the bits of humanity left in them when thrown into dire situations like starvation, robbery and in the way of cannibalistic cults, studying several themes such as death, good and bad, isolation spirituality, parental relationships that the researcher took inspiration from online sources when deciding on which to analyse. Through all these themes and perspectives, it is analysed how McCarthy explores the way the humanity in humans is affected when said humans are in a destroyed and barbarous environment. At the end of the study it is concluded that even though the majority is far gone and stripped from their humane emotions, some humanity might still be found even in the direst conditions.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Other) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cormac McCharty, The Road |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PE English |
| Depositing User: | Kamil Çömlekçi |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jul 2017 08:15 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jul 2017 08:15 |
| URI: | http://tedprints.tedankara.k12.tr/id/eprint/841 |
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