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Human beings have been expect and anticipate the unknown, including wishes, ambition, and the future. At times, the future is imagined as bright and hopeful. At other times, the future is expected to be gloomy and ominous. Therefore, human beings deal with the future with fear and skepticism. These fears are justified given the circumstances in the present, including human conduct in general, the conditions of wars, and environmental changes. Since literature recalls the past and tackles the issues of the present, it also expects what will happen in the future by visioning what the future would be. The visions presented in literature motivate the reader to think of other possibilities for the future by amending the present. Usually the future is portrayed through literary works, such as: science fiction, but in Cormac McCarthy's The Road, the future is presented to show the reader that the it is the outcome of the past and the present. The current paper is an ethical critical study of Cormac McCarthy's The Road. It aims to explore the reasons that lead to a dark future in McCarthy's The Road. The paper aims to approach The Road by using Ethical Criticism. The paper also investigates human's reaction to these changes in the future.

Through the analysis of characters, themes, motifs and symbolic imagery, the current paper attempts to explore the recesses of Cormac McCarthy,s The Road (2006) to uncover its apocalyptic and postapocalyptic treasures. This analysis will depend on the Book of Revelation as a guiding text to highlight the main points of convergence between the novel and The Revelation of St. John the Divine or The Apocalypse - the last book in The Bible. The events of the novel can be interpreted through this prophetic lens. Hope in a postapocalyptic landscape is represented by Cormac McCarthy,s The Road. Despite being a time of hopelessness, hope emerges eternally at the end of the novel. Revelation is a message and a warning of the apocalypse. The current study approaches Revelation from a literary perspective. This is why the analysis will include some points under the apocalyptic domain, others under the post-apocalyptic and some under both.

For a long period of time and different ages, humans were attracted by the idea of imagining how the world would really be, particularly after a disaster that resulted to planet destruction. The notion of the end-of-the world has religious connotations. Likewise, the apocalyptic idea implies the possibility of future disasters. People are generally interested in whether or not the humankind can endure. Natural catastrophes, nuclear war, human overpopulation, destruction of the environment, God's vengeance, alien invasion, or strange and unknown powers are all instances of the apocalyptic notion in literature. Essentially, apocalyptic stories involve a dreadful occurrence that is revealed in such a disturbing manner that it is not for the development of the story, but rather to represent people coping with humanity's disintegration. Some apocalyptic tales occur unexpectedly and create anguish. Both of the novels discussed in the article have one thing in common. The road for one hand, the reader is unaware of an unclear catastrophic event that has struck. On the other hand, The postman has a traumatizing trait. Even when the cataclysmic event occurs as a result of a terrible conflict, no one believes that glorious America has collapsed. The characteristics of this type are that it reveals what individuals do when all of the previously defined structures of society are eliminated. As a result, the main purpose of this paper is on both authors' drawn utopian or idealistic societies. There are various themes that run across both novels. Nevertheless, this research reveals that the idealistic aspect in the post-apocalyptic narrative should be investigated, as well as how the writers seek to utilize the disaster in order to spread optimism and hope.

Cormac McCarthy's The Road presents an awesome future vision of America as a wasteland. It predicts the American nightmare in the future. There is unknown catastrophe has ruined the earth and destroyed human civilization. McCarthy believes that human beings are constantly aware of the influence of nature on their lives in the form of the air they breathe, the water they drink and the food they eat. Eco criticism is an appropriate critical approach to The Road because there is a strong presence of nature and environment throughout his work; and because of the great influence of nature and environment on the thoughts and actions of the characters. All over the scenes of the novel from the very beginning till the end the terrifying atmosphere dominates the events. McCarthy focuses only on the enmity of nature for human beings by looking at the negative side. He chooses to talk about American nightmare instead of American dream. He seems to warn the Americans not to feel safe all the time depending on what is called the American Dream which can be changed to American nightmare.