... the apocalypse. All the audience knows is that the world is completely gray and blanketed in ash. The setting always gives off this depressing and hopeless mood. McCarthy does this on purpose, by creating this relentless, colorless landscape it enables his symbols ... advanced human concept. In the world the boy knows there is no use or need for such a concept. The coin symbolizes the old world. This shiny object covered in the black enamel of this meaningless world can be chiseled away and return it to its original value of meaning. It just requires a little work ... film The Road pres...

• Word Count: 1484
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... unknown stranger that mysteriously turned up in his rain-filled spray pit. Ather also attempts to teach his knowledge about the mountains and forests to young John Wesley Rattner, a mountain boy whose father, the petty criminal and con man Kenneth Ratner, has been murdered by Marion Sylder, a local bootlegger. John Wesley, who believes his father was a hero, is unaware that his ... comic journey to a place where dreams are paid for in blood." (Law 1) "You would be hard pressed to find a more Mexican novel than this one. Just about all of the action takes place in Coahuila. Twice I found...

• Word Count: 2153
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School