Människans sökande efter mening i Cormac McCarthys Vägen

What persists after the apocalypse? In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, the dilemma of choosing either death or continuing to live for potential possibilities is ever-present. The novel examines the eschatology of cosmos, theology, society, and humanity, questioning whether purpose can endure in a seemingly purposeless world. This article centres on the boy in the novel as the embodiment of the world's remaining goodness, which can be interpreted as divinity, allowing a theodicy to emerge that underscores the connection between altruism and hope. The post-apocalyptic narrative is mirrored in the Holocaust as a historical apocalypse, with Dr. Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy providing the existentialist ideas that the boy here is claimed to enact. Through Biblical imagery and the looming threat of absolute nihilism, the question persists: Is life worth living when everything seems meaningless? The boy’s commitment to remaining a ”good guy” suggests that it is.