God, morals and justice in the post-apocalyptic world of Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road"

Term Paper , 2011 , 11 Pages , Grade: 1,3

American Studies - Literature

In this paper I want to discuss on how Cormac McCarthy treats the topics God, morals and justice in the post-apocalyptic setting of his prize-winning novel The Road and give insight on how these constructions work in general.

Table of contents

1. The Post-Apocalypse in The Road

2. God, Morals and Justice in The Road
2.1. God in a godless world
2.2. The way of the good guys
2.3. The connection between godly and good people

3. Is The Road a realistic prediction of the end of humanity?

4. Bibliography

• College: University of Würzburg (Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik)
• Course: Themenbereich Amerikanistik: Masters of Transgressive Fiction: Ellis, Palahniuk and McCarthy
• Grade: 1,3
• Author: Andre Almacen (Author)
• Publication Year: 2011
• Pages: 11
• Catalog Number: V187799
• ISBN (eBook): 9783656116400
• ISBN (Book): 9783656116929
• Language: English
• Tags: The Road, Cormac McCarthy, Transgressive Fiction, God, Morals, Justice, Apocalypse, post-apocalyptic, McCarthy, morality, human nature, mccarthy the road