Cormac Mccarthy The Road Survival

Survival is the ability to continue to survive, and remain alive after the death of someone else. It is important to have the essential resources required to survive such as food, water, and shelter. Although, there is more to survival than just food, water, and shelter that are required as essential resources. Survival means life, rather than death as demonstrated by Cormac McCarthy in The Road. There are important personality traits that separate those who survive, and those who do not survive. It is important to persevere, have hope, and make sacrifices as shown in the novel. As, the man and the boy in The Road demonstrate what is necessary for survival in their journey along the road in the novel. Through their journey they show perseverance, hope, and sacrifice as personality traits that lead their survival. McCarthy demonstrates that perseverance, hope, and sacrifice are key factors to the father, and his sons survival in The Road.

The father, and his sons perseverance is vital to help them overcome barriers, and challenges they face along their journey which is a key factor to their survival. An example is the father's

This acts as a sacrifice that is key to the boy, and the mans survival because it leaves them two bullets, as a choice if they need to kill themselves as a way of giving up. Sacrifice is also shown by the man when he is dieing because he speeds up his own death by sacrificing his own food, clothing, and weapons in order to protect the boy ultimately sacrificing his own self in order to protect his son, and keep his son alive. The man also sacrifices his sense of morality, and moral code in order to protect his son from murders, and cannibals an example of this is when he says he will kill anyone who touches the