He doesn’t do a lot of interviews, but here he is a few years ago talking with Oprah Winfrey about his book The Road (which I have used in another course I teach).

Something that stood out to me about the beginning of All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy was the depiction of living on a ranch in Texas. In American mythology, I imagine that life style as sort of the “wild… Read moreAll the Pretty Horses

Saving Private Ryan is a great example of American pride and honor. The American soldiers fought for their lives. As they stormed Normandy, they fought to the last man standing. The beginning scene of D-Day is one that always strikes… Read moreSaving Private Ryan

When I was in grade school, around seventh and eighth grade, my history teacher would always show the beginning scene to this film. It was in reference to our conversation about D-Day, she wanted to give us a visualization of… Read moreSaving Private Ryan-Civil Religion