Monday, April 19, 2010
The Road
by Cormac McCarthy
If you have not read this book stop now, I do not want to affect how the end of this book will affect you.
As I started to read "The Road" I was humbled by the world Cormac McCarthy created; bleak, raw, unforgiving, and gray. The hunger and heartless punishing world that the boy and father lived in seemed almost too much to take, yet they survived.
And as they continued their journey, I stopped seeing the outside and began to see what was on the inside of these two people. The story became a journey of any father and any son. Fathers taking care of a child, protecting them from the “bad guys” and helping them carry the light.
Even when they reached the coast to find nothing, I was pleased that the father delivered the child. He did his job and when he died he left a boy who had to find the “good guys” on his own. Which is exactly what all fathers hope to do, let there sons find their own way.
If you have not read this book stop now, I do not want to affect how the end of this book will affect you.
As I started to read "The Road" I was humbled by the world Cormac McCarthy created; bleak, raw, unforgiving, and gray. The hunger and heartless punishing world that the boy and father lived in seemed almost too much to take, yet they survived.
And as they continued their journey, I stopped seeing the outside and began to see what was on the inside of these two people. The story became a journey of any father and any son. Fathers taking care of a child, protecting them from the “bad guys” and helping them carry the light.
Even when they reached the coast to find nothing, I was pleased that the father delivered the child. He did his job and when he died he left a boy who had to find the “good guys” on his own. Which is exactly what all fathers hope to do, let there sons find their own way.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
I think I last read Siddhartha in high school. Rereading it now I had almost no memory of its content so it felt like I was reading it for the first time.
Siddhartha is a lyrical poetic powerful legend of a journey to enlightenment. I was absorbed by the major theme of this book, that everyone must find their own path to enlightenment. Siddhartha, a privileged, intelligent, gifted being learns to shed what holds him to this world and finds peace.
What a beautiful piece of art.
I think I last read Siddhartha in high school. Rereading it now I had almost no memory of its content so it felt like I was reading it for the first time.
Siddhartha is a lyrical poetic powerful legend of a journey to enlightenment. I was absorbed by the major theme of this book, that everyone must find their own path to enlightenment. Siddhartha, a privileged, intelligent, gifted being learns to shed what holds him to this world and finds peace.
What a beautiful piece of art.
