• S. Vidhya
• Dr. S. Suganya

The novel, The Road is one of the best-selling novels of Cormac McCarthy, a renowned literary writer of the contemporary American society. The novel has been published in 2007 and won Pulitzer Prize. The Road describes about the confusions prevailing in the society after an unnamed catastrophe. It is referred to be a road narrative as it is based on the journey undergone by the main characters of the novel. This article focuses on the difficulties faced by the protagonists of The Road and observes the importance given to the materialistic perspective than the humanistic values.

difficulties, confusions, catastrophe, humanistic, values

"Loss of Humanistic Values in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no.c107-c110, July-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107278.pdf

"Loss of Humanistic Values in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no. ppc107-c110, July-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107278.pdf