| Cormac McCarthy's characters often find themselves in transitory situations, roaming vast countrysides. Through their wanderings, they experience the movement from their pasts to the uncertainty of their futures. A recent development in philosophy by object-oriented ontologist, Timothy Morton, has revised the transition between the past and the future. Moreover, the object-oriented ontologists' mission to revive a sense of wonder and awe to our world can be seen through their attempts to elevate the ontological status of objects, living or otherwise. The revival of wonder and this new perception of the passage of time can be seen throughout McCarthy's Blood Meridian, All the Pretty Horses, and The Road. |
