코맥 맥커시의 『길』 읽기: 희망 없는 세상에서도 희망은 있는가?
Reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy: Is There Any Hope in the Hopeless World?
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This essay is to find any hope in the hopeless world of The Road and identify the real meaning of ‘Hope.’ The word hope is very important because it has close relation to the term redemption in the work. Though it is absolutely collapsed, the unnamed boy and his father try to preserve a vision of the world as good and meaningful. The conviction of their goodness and carrying the fire can support the redemption in the post-apocalyptic world. As his father suggests, “Goodness will find the little boy” and he can transcend his suffering and move ahead into a more promising world. However, the destruction is full and unrelenting in the book, and so it is not easy to conceive of restoration and redemption. If that is the case, is there any hope of redemption in the darkened world of the Road? As we already know, the boy is really good and is willing to help the others out of humanity, and as a result he is rewarded for his persistence in trying to be good and altruistic. Above all, The Road confirms the belief that it does matter to be good and to be human. Moreover, if they experience the apocalyptic world and death in this peaceful world, they will have time to keep it from irrevocable annihilation.
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This essay is to find any hope in the hopeless world of The Road and identify the real meaning of ‘Hope.’ The word hope is very important because it has close relation to the term redemption in the work. Though it is absolutely collapsed, the unnamed boy and his father try to preserve a vision of the world as good and meaningful. The conviction of their goodness and carrying the fire can support the redemption in the post-apocalyptic world. As his father suggests, “Goodness will find the little boy” and he can transcend his suffering and move ahead into a more promising world. However, the destruction is full and unrelenting in the book, and so it is not easy to conceive of restoration and redemption. If that is the case, is there any hope of redemption in the darkened world of the Road? As we already know, the boy is really good and is willing to help the others out of humanity, and as a result he is rewarded for his persistence in trying to be good and altruistic. Above all, The Road confirms the belief that it does matter to be good and to be human. Moreover, if they experience the apocalyptic world and death in this peaceful world, they will have time to keep it from irrevocable annihilation.
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