The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy

humankind has do great advances in engineering science over the last twain centuries; but while this new-fashioned technology may be amazing, it is not necessarily good. cementum forests and pathways have drowned out the earths essential mob grounds and have forced many a(prenominal) animals into extinction or endangerment. Humanity has taken a human being that doesnt necessarily belong to them and neutered it to fit their ever ever-changing and demanding wants that are disguised as needs. Mankind was placed on ball along with any other animal, so why is it excus equal to(p) that we kill our peer neighbors for sport and we bulldoze a rainforest until there is nonentity left to show for the erst great and vast habitat? We have drained this worlds resources run dry and nature is slowly smother underneath all of our accomplishments. So the question that you must pray yourself is, what is mankinds think on Earth?\nReaching the conclusion that humankinds break up on Earth is unusual is quite a violate to the system. Fortunately, scholars and artists alike have been communicate this equivalent question for hundreds of geezerhood and each one has been able to find something new in their searches. Cormac McCarthy has attempted to do the same in his novel The Crossing, where the relationship between man, nature and theology is examined by the newborn, yet unbelievably astute, eyes of a stripling by the name Billy.\nThe chief(prenominal) character Billy goes through an emotional trip end-to-end the novel as he crosses from one plowshare of the demesne to another. The novel is split into quartet parts of and each part has a new journey as Billy searches for his subprogram and place in the world. The showtime part of the novel is super important to the question of mans purpose because it explains Billys purpose for leaving his home as a young teenager and basically fade from his family for a few years. It starts with Billys tie-u p to wolves. His family has passed down the knowledge of how to effectuate a wolf for centuries. ...