Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Moral vs. Survival
In the Road, by Cormac McCarthy, people have turned to cannibalism to survive. This is a common theme that is presented, but the main characters refuse to follow this trend. They claim to be the "good guys," and while there are other principals involved, how would you deal with this? Would you become a cannibal and resort to such horrific things?
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The same kind of idea that seems to be happening in the Road by Cormac McCarthy is happening in my book, No Country for Old Men. The main character, Moss, is being chased by a psychotic murder and like the people in the Road resorting to cannibalism, he is resorting to extreme measures to protect himself. He goes to great lengths to defend his wife, money, and himself and this fundamentally changes his personality. He becomes a violent man, something that he was not before he took the drug money. This suggests, when were are under the influence of fear, that people tend to make decisions that are unlike themselves and act in a selfish manner to protect what's most important to them.
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