This essay makes a tentative interpretation of Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road as an Entwicklungsroman. The growth or personal development of the boy is demonstrated in the following four perspectives, namely, acquisition of knowledge, learning of survival realities, overcome of fear, and development in ethics. The conclusion is that the boy has indeed made progress in personal development in many aspects, but we are not supposed to overestimate his growth, since he is only a growing boy instead of a mature man, therefore, it is more advisable to deem this novel as an Entwicklungsroman instead of a Bildungsroman.
Born in a family whose last four generations shared master-mason tradition, architect used to be a natural career for Thomas Hardy. Although Hardy chose to devote to literature at last, he was never fully away from this field. The traces could be found in many of his literary works with many evidences, including his masterpiece, Tess of the d'Urbervilles. This paper analyzes the meanings of the architectural elements employed in this novel, which are related to Hardy's own concern over church restoration movement in the Victorian Age, the arrangement of plot and the interaction with the characters.
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