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You MUST have the book and READ the book "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy.

Response Journal 4

McCarthy’s The Road dramatizes the opposition between good and evil, with evil sometimes emerging triumphant. Considering this idea, respond to the following questions: (cite the text to support your response)

  • What do you think The Road ultimately says about good and evil?
  • Which of these two force seems to have greater power in the novel? Why do you believe this?


Guidelines for Response Journals:

  • Will be typed in a Word document
  • Will be 500 words minimum in length (add word count at end of journal)
  • Will cite the relevant text using proper documentation (include Works Cited)
  • Will have a title along with the journal number
  • Will use MLA format; one-inch margins, 12-point font, double spaced

Rubric

Response Journal Rubric

CriteriaRatingsPts

Content

4.0 pts

Accomplished Writer

3.0 pts

Strong Writer

2.0 pts

Developing Writer

1.0 pts

Emerging Writer

0.0 pts

Beginning Writer

4.0pts

Organization

3.0 pts

Accomplished Writer

2.25 pts

Strong Writer

1.5 pts

Developing Writer

0.75 pts

Emerging Writer

0.0 pts

Beginning Writer

3.0pts

Style

2.0 pts

Accomplished Writer

1.5 pts

Strong Writer

1.0 pts

Developing Writer

0.5 pts

Emerging Writer

0.0 pts

Beginning Writer

2.0pts

Conventions

1.0 pts

Accomplished Writer

0.75 pts

Strong Writer

0.5 pts

Developing Writer

0.25 pts

Emerging Writer

0.0 pts

Beginning Writer

1.0pts

Total Points: 10.0


You MUST have the book and READ the book "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy.


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Concept of evil in McCarthy’s “The Road”
What do you think The Road ultimately says about good and evil?
The book solely focuses on destruction with the theme of good and evil been most
rampant in the novel. The boy on multiple occasions keeps on confirming from his father that
they are the good guys. In confirmation, the father asserts that the good guys are the ones who
“keep on trying. They don’t give up” (McCarthy, 116). The sign of goodness prevalent in the
book is the fire that the son and the father carry on the inside. The concept of goodness in human
perseverance is depicted as the father and son strive to survive under all circumstances and
never at any point give up even although th...


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