Sunday, January 30, 2011

The Road-Cormac McCarthy Pg. 230-287

The man brought in some neccessary items from the boat they spotted in the water.  After the scare from when the boy was sick, and they had left the cart for only a while, they came back to where the cart had been to find it stolen.  Quickly, they tracked the thief to as far as he had gotten and the man stopped him with the threat of his pistol.  The theif was abandoned there without the cart and without his clothing. 

In my opinion, the man should have had a little compassion and left the theif with his own belongings.  That decision had a bad outcome for the theif (obviously), and for the boy as well, who was angered with his father for "killing him".

As they walked on, they saw someone in a house pointing a bow and arrow.  The man protected the boy, and in the process got an arrow shot into his leg.  He used the first aid kit they'd found to stitch up the bleeding wound, but progressively he grew weaker. 

They kept going until the man could not go anymore.  He lied down and soon after, passed on.  But before he did, he told the boy that he must continue to carry the fire.  The boy cried for three days until a man came along the road.  The boy was alarmed but the man said that it was alright and that he could come with him.  At first, the boy was hesitant, but the man explained to him that he was one of the "good guys" and that he had a family, the boy agreed to go with him.  He said his last goodbyes to his father and then went on, to carry the fire, I'm sure.    

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