Mostly, Mitchell continues, "we can only argue that some characters are less inclined toward cruelty than others," which does not exactly echo Nietzsche's view of morality, but is close enough to make a comparison. The Judge, certainly not one emblazoned with morality in his character, believed that the kid's "moral flaw is precisely his failure to 'empty out his heart into the common" (McCarthy, p
"Clearly there is no moral hierarchy in Blood Meridian," writes Jason P. Mitchell in the journal Critique (Mitchell, 2000)
Everywhere he goes turns into a scene of horrible massacre or sickening degeneracy. None of This grotesquerie earns its place in the landscape, or in the kid's story" Mythical / Spiritual / Religious Themes The birth of the kid is on night of the Leonids meteor shower in 1833, which was said to be "one of the most sensational" meteor showers in history (Peebles, 2003, p
An evil person with twisted values, the Judge nonetheless comes up with thoughts and remarks that embrace Nietzsche's viewpoints. As to Nietzsche, Scholar Simon Robertson explains that Nietzsche "denies the objectivity of value upon which morality's claim to authority rests" (Robertson, 2009, p
94). Sepich researched the Four of Cups and learned that it stands for "blended pleasure and success, receiving pleasure but mixed with some slight discomfort and anxieties" (Sepich, p
Before that I'd often dreamed of going West to see the country, always vaguely planning and never taking off." (Kerouac, 1999, p
Four months later his decomposed body was found by a party of moose hunters." (Krakauer, 1997, Author's Note)
Deep stone flues where the water dripped and sang." (McCarthy, 2006, p
Many have turned to cannibalism, but the man refuses to teach his boy such animosity, no matter how hungry the two become. Early on the boy lets the readers understand the lifestyle in which they live, initiating conversation with his father by asking, "Are we going to die?" (McCarthy
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