Wielenberg Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road is, among other things, a meditation on morality, what makes human life meaningful, and the relationship between these things and God. ... God's Ambiguity and the Man's Mission The first words spoken aloud by the man in The Road are: "If he is not the word of God God never spoke " (McCarthy 5). ... Rather, the desire comes first: because he wants to keep going, he believes "or tries to believe "that he is on a divine mission. ...

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• Grade Level: High School