The setting of Cormac McCarthy's the Road and its Western inspirations

I recently went on a trip throughout Arizona. And although, some of the setting may have been inspired from California as well, (adding a sense of loneliness and paranoia due to location of funds to keep the area safe,) I feel like my trip to Arizona really got me into the story.
In the Grand Canyon, there's a large campsite. Near the area, there are many small campsites. There's lots of sand desert, making plants easy to grow, but not much else. There is very little soap, requiring one to eat canned goods, only one-way roads where one can easily possibly get into car accidents with other cars if not 100%
Guns are entertainment in Nevada.
The setting of the Road, is temperate, maybe even Cold, making the setting even more depressing. (I at least picture a hoodie, thanks to the 2009 film.)
There's no police or civilization. In Arizona, you're reliant on the Highway Patrol for safety, and who knows when they show up? It's probably a low taxed town anyway, from a town is very paranoid of funding such type projects, being Republican.
Page is filled with churches NEXT to other CHURCHES.

The setting also has a bit other meaning than that. The main character follows it as if a sign by God, like Moses in the book of Exodus in the Bible/Quran/Torah. He follows it, because he has a faith in something that makes him believe that he will find something that won't require him to use the final two bullets in his gun, to commit suicide with his offspring, in this terrible world, where they're constantly roaming and starving, being uneducated, and hearing things that an otherwise educated world wouldn't do. He has a type of spiritual belief: faith, whether Christian or not. (God is never ever actually stated in the book, although this is an obvious reference to Moses wandering in the desert for 40 days and nights, and when questioned on why doing so, breaks rock to discover water, so that others would continue believing him.)

Books I finished 8/8/2014

The Warriors by Sol Yurick
Great style, great characters, great story. An underrated American classic.

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
A very entertaining book with references to paganist interpretations of the bible.

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A great blend of western with an interesting take on the post apocalyptic setting

New York by Edward Rutherford
A really immersive take on old ny with great characters and as the setting suggests setting.

Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
The wiki article is great. Also the style it's written keeps you awake

Cali/Cati

Way to ask an author a question

Goodreads just gave me the chance to ask David Mitchell, a question after I gave a five star rating for Cloud Atlas.
So if you want to ask an author a question, just give them 5 stars on Goodreads. Easy.

The Iluminati themes of Animorphs

War contemporary life being unaware and growing up in post WWII us
The Animorphs consist of a diverse group of Americans, who learn of aliens in the US who plot to destroy it from within declaring a war on the planet. Not only are they aware of American culture, through pop culture reference such as playing their saga genesis but they become exposed to alien ones as well, from the Andalites to the Yeerks, the Taxxons and the Hork-Bajir.
The Yeerks are a symbol of the mentally ill, performed inception upon, experimental humans, humans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, casualties of war and creators of war.
K.A. Applegate is notably an anti-establishment figure, creating aliens that couldn't be created on media at the time.
Humorously in one of the Megamorphs, Jake becomes a Nazi in an alternate continuity.

Best choices for x men directors

The Hughes brothers a tale of a minorities struggle going through the army

John singleton a tale of x men just trying to survive being in a poor neighborhood

Steve McQueen an inner brutal tale of societies oppression and dealing with identity and reality

Robert zemeckis a zany take about time travel cable can stutter you're my meh

Quentin Tarantino an entertaining tale of prisoners etc

Ridley Scott imagine a really deep x men days of future past where the x men are forced to live this reality due to apathy and so called popular opinion

Paul verehoeven a deep tale regarding he dangers of even liberal utopia

Stanley Kubrick dark tales regarding how x men were oppressed. Imagine the dangers of a professormx as a young Danny Torrence

The wachowskis an entertaining tale dealing with subliminal conspiracy theories, dystopia and entertaining action

Shane carruth one of the best intellectual time travel tales ever made

Sonic Universe: Knuckles Returns

I really like this graphic novel.
It's bright and colorful, appealing to children, but has enough action and adventure to appeal to sci fi/Indiana Jones adults.
It's a little weird as his side characters are clearly based on Tails and Amy, but it's also done that way for thematic trope purposes as well. They're his Tails and Amy. This is in addition to the actual Amy.
The comic like most of Sonic mixes merchandise with toys, such as Crystals and Warp Rings.

Mr toast comics

Not to be confused with powdered toast man, mr toast comics is quite a brand. Don't expect Alex Ross Salvador Dali or  as these are . Mr toast looks like face from nick jr and all the characters have a child like charm to them. Don't expect an incarnation of darkest night, the comic works as a long version of a comic in a newspaper. Yet it's creative to the point of being a great mix of old and new school as toast has to find his friends. Really reminds me of old school nickelodeon. It's only 99 cents.