Cormac Mccarthy Death In The Road

La Rochefoucauld’s axiom , “Death and the sun are not to be looked at steadily “
The sun is something that is in our lives regardless of where we are in the world , we don’t always seem to look at it because it will irritate our eyes if we look at it for too long . Death does not hurt our eyes but hurts us in a way where we feel different emotionally .When we see death it creates pain just as the sun would create pain onto our vision. Death is something that happens in life but it’s not talked about often , people choose to avoid any discussion or thoughts of death to avoid sadness or to respect the topic itself. Personally death is something that will happen and we need to be prepared for it , if we choose to accept death and be more …show more content…
Living in a world where there’s no food left or little hope in humanity makes you accept death . What kept them going from what i believe is “The Fire ’’ . The Fire was a representation of light , without light in themselves they wouldn’t be able to keep pulling forward . The father knew by telling the boy about “the fire’’ there was some hope still left in the cruel world they lived in.The sun is our light , without it we would have to rely on candles and lights , is the sun an unappreciated light in our lives ? We know every single day that we wake up it will be there but what were to happen if the sky suddenly looked gray everyday ?Would we still have “The Fire “ in our own lives . Death was common for the boy because he had always grown up around it, With us we are raised to know what death is and how it happens . Death comes from old age , accidents or from a form of sickness we learn that it’s a natural part of life and we should mourn for the person after they are gone . I believe we should look at death more steadily , if we choose to not talk about it we will be afraid of the thought of it ,We should face it than look away …show more content…
How will we learn to accept death and look at it with a more open view if we’re taught to shine away from it ? Something i enjoyed from this passage was the Doctors open views on teaching young people death . We shouldn’t look at death and become uncomfortable with the fact it will happen to us one day . We cannot rely on this image that we will die in our homes peacefully if we create this illusion of death , we will not be prepared . I believe the Death and the sun should be looked at steadily , we need the sun in our lives and we need death just as much