![]() McCarthy spent many years in Tennessee in the Appalachian south. To this day, McCarthy has written ten novels. His first novel, The Orchard Keeper, was published in 1965. He studied creative writing at the University of Tennessee for a period of time before twice dropping out. This is seen particularly clearly at the end of the novel when The Man shoots the flare gun into the air above the ocean, and The Boy doubts that God can see them.Ĭormac McCarthy was born in July of 1933 in Rhode Island. Some readers may go in another direction, interpreting an atheistic meaning to the text. ![]() There are some religious themes scattered throughout the novel as well, inspiring some readers to interpret a Christian meaning to the text. Some environmental groups have cited the novel as an example of what will happen with the world remains on the path on its own, pursuing progress at any cost and continuing to ignore the increasingly obvious signs that the planet is changing. One way that some readers interpret and approach the novel is through the lens of the climate crisis. ![]()
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