I read analysis of this book that said it’s main thesis is that compassion is as primordial and instinctual as cruelty, and it may be the most insightful and unexpected interpretation of any book I’ve ever read. I love this story. I read it in middle school and thought it was a story about horror and human cruelty, just another one of those books about how evil humans are when society is stripped away, but coming back to it as an adult I realisedI was exactly wrong. Compassion doesn’t mean success, it doesn’t mean winning, it doesn’t triumph over cruelty. But it exists just as fundamentally. I get so sick of all the edgy reports on human nature that say we’re fundamentally and solely cruel. Not because they’re entirely wrong but because they’re entirely incomplete. I think The Road is a very complete story
I think your comment is very timely in these current events. Cormac does get at the primary roots of what humans do in this book. I don’t think any middle school kid can access that in the work. Many thanks!
My takeaway from the book has always been that the man is wrong in this very assumption, and the child is the one who has the correct attitude in wanting to trust people..
I don't see how people do this. How can you sink into a book and engage your imagination, as well as muse on what's being said, while also thinking about doing the washing or whatever. I bet you miss a lot of what's going on.
@@johnnyjohnny-cg7np listening to an audiobook and doing the dishes is different than listening to an audiobook and flying a fighter jet at the same time
Those things (memories) are like plants. If you stop watering them (with your attention and agreement) they eventually wither and die. No thing is forever, not even the sun.
@@claudelebel49Except when you revisit a life event, you are reimagining what happened, so, in that case, you're actually corrupting your memory every time you use it.
I read analysis of this book that said it’s main thesis is that compassion is as primordial and instinctual as cruelty, and it may be the most insightful and unexpected interpretation of any book I’ve ever read. I love this story. I read it in middle school and thought it was a story about horror and human cruelty, just another one of those books about how evil humans are when society is stripped away, but coming back to it as an adult I realisedI was exactly wrong. Compassion doesn’t mean success, it doesn’t mean winning, it doesn’t triumph over cruelty. But it exists just as fundamentally. I get so sick of all the edgy reports on human nature that say we’re fundamentally and solely cruel. Not because they’re entirely wrong but because they’re entirely incomplete. I think The Road is a very complete story
Thank you!
What a good comment, the way you express yourself and what you think about the book.
I think your comment is very timely in these current events. Cormac does get at the primary roots of what humans do in this book. I don’t think any middle school kid can access that in the work. Many thanks!
My takeaway from the book has always been that the man is wrong in this very assumption, and the child is the one who has the correct attitude in wanting to trust people..
reading this book for summer reading. I have a hard time reading by myself so I can across this and it is very helpful. Thank you
With 2 kids, long drive to work these audiobooks are awesome. I can “read” a book while im doing other stuff
I don't see how people do this. How can you sink into a book and engage your imagination, as well as muse on what's being said, while also thinking about doing the washing or whatever. I bet you miss a lot of what's going on.
@@johnnyjohnny-cg7np washing isn’t that engaging. You really don’t miss anything
@@johnnyjohnny-cg7np listening to an audiobook and doing the dishes is different than listening to an audiobook and flying a fighter jet at the same time
This helped me concentrate on the book and not get distracted, thanks :)
Just remember that the things you put in your head are there forever
unless you get amnesia or dementia
Those things (memories) are like plants. If you stop watering them (with your attention and agreement) they eventually wither and die. No thing is forever, not even the sun.
@@claudelebel49well said!
A nurtured mind is a memory palace 🎉
@@claudelebel49Except when you revisit a life event, you are reimagining what happened, so, in that case, you're actually corrupting your memory every time you use it.
Wonderful narrator, thank you. I recommend the film to those who liked this.
ap lit cramming 🙏🏽
Thank you for this 🙏🏾
No problemo.
did you read this personally yourself?
if so, wow!
shoutout everyone who cant bother to read it but is forced to by school
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how am I supposed to listen to this when Jesus is talking?
The days to come ahead 🎉