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If that family was cannibles then would they still be good?

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Keep in mind, the faher never seays he carries the fire. he says the sos reven reni

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Found this on a website and thought it was interesting...
"The death of the Man was also the death of the narrator, and up until that point we'd only seen the world through his eyes; the story had been about him (and his boy, but from his angle), but when the narrator died, another one had to take his place. The Boy isn't as jaded as the Man was, though they'd seen some pretty hardcore shite on their travels. Could it be the world never was AS gnarly as the Man let us understand? That the so called good guys aren't that hard to find? I'm just throwing it out there, but they likely met some pretty damn good guys on the road but because The Man had lost so much it was better to stay away from everyone. The Boy had the Fire, his childlike innocence, and he was lonely, and desperate, and he let someone come close, and it turned out fine. Like it probably would've turned out a hundred times over, had they not been so careful."

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On page 53 why does the. Dad turnbuckle in the bathtub

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@ JD- a good guy would have to not eat people and have some compassion to help.

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If there are other survivors not trying to eat people why not follow them

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What if that was part of his family

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What if this was all a figure of the boy’s imagination (dream) and wo

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Without hope I dont think anything would drive the story.

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I feel like Father used his son’s belief in him and credibility to motivate his son (i.e.: saying the water would be blue)

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@ Samantha- that promis of the water being blue was something he told him to keep him going and motivated.

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Gulf of MExico???? Or West coast?

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Trout reference location that they arrive at

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if you have to respect people when theyre alive why do you get to disrespect them when they die

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Does the intelligence of an animal affect how we value their lives?

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It’s only because they are pets

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theres an emotional attachment to dogs

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I think it is the emotional connection that prevents us from eating both humans and dogs

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I think it's unethical and unreasonable in The Road because if people continue eating one another, there will eventually be no one left. Then what?

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Why are we against eating dogs

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This book isn’t basically the last of us

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I think morality is relative to one’s circumstancws

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@Will I think it's love or the metaphorical fire :-----)

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Society could start but it would have to be small

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I think since there is no new life coming out of the world, there is no hope for a new society. Eventually everything living will die and that will be the end of the world mentioned in the Road.

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I definitely agree with Alice and Noah. I think it is natural for humans to band together, and society will arise from that

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Why does the father turn on the bath tub when he is first sees the power outages

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A portal to the past

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It would make sense if it was the super volcano with the ash and stuff

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The fall of capitalism

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It would make for a very cool story if it was caused by the Yosemite super-volcano!

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The super volcano

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It does’t matter how it happened, it only matters what the world is like. It also lets the reader develop their own perspective

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Interesting question. I feel like there is no need for a name because it is only them two. Names are needed to identify one person from another, and they don’t have many to differentiate from

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I'm sure that they did have names and called each other by their names when having conversations. But I agree with Jeremiah - I think in such a degenerate society, names are irrelevant.The omission of names is more of a writing technique than a true characteristic of the world in The Road.

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She clearly wanted to commit 🤬, I think she did it

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There was almost no need for names. They aren't talking to anyone but each other

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@geoffrey no

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@Juan i doubt other countries unaffected would not help us as well as our own country like jeremiah said

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If everything is destroyed including plants how do the humans are still alive, where do they get the oxygen from??

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Humans are animals, I wouldnt put cannibalism past our society in an apocolyptic state 

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Humans are animals, I wouldnt put cannibalism past our society in an apocolyptic state 

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@Juan Yes, some people are crazy just living in our modern world

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@Juan. I wouldn't put it past humanity.

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@Emily I think the humanity will find a way to form a society, but their morals and ethics might differ from what we currently have, just because they have seen so much destruction.

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i think people would want it to go back to the way it was before but but getting there would be hard because resources are limited and there arent as many people there to bring society back to how it was

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@Emily. I don't believe humanity would go back to itself due to the fear lingering from the incident. Fear causes humanity to act atypically and often times aggressively.

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@Emily I think nothing can ever really go back to "the way it used to be" because it is in the past and cannot be completely replicated.

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@Juan i disagree, I believe it is dependent on the person rather than the situation. People are all different and so is the way we handle different situations.

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@Christian. I don't believe death is more "valuable" than life in this scenario. I think death represents a liberation from suffering for some.

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@Christian. I don't believe death is more "valuable" than life in this scenario. I think death represents a liberation from suffering for some.

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@Christian I think death represents something the characters can fall back to. It is an escape for them.Some might value death over living just because they don't want to suffer in a post apocalyptic world.

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I think surviving is not a good enough reason to live, so in a post apocalyptic situation death is more valuable.

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@ Josue. The book states that "The Woman" would rather die in "dignity" than be killed, raped, or eaten by cannibals.

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I believe she took her life because there was no reason for her to be alive anymore.

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He does not hate God. He simply doubts the figure of God. In order to believe in a higher power, you must hear him "speak". In the book it says, "He knew only that the child was his warrant. He said: If he is not the word of God God never spoke."

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@ Juan. The man is angry at God for putting him in a
a situation that he (The Man) does not understand.

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@Jeremiah the story to me seems to be about the average person in the world, because of this the reader is able to imagine their own story

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@jeremiah I think they do not have names because names were not important to their survival. It was not necessary for the story line. The characters were fully developed and did not need names.

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@jeremiah the characters not having names allows the emotions they experience to give a sense of universality to the reader. Regardless of race, gender, religion, etc we all experience raw emotion all the same

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@jeremiah the characters not having names allows the emotions they experience to give a sense of universality to the reader. Regardless of race, gender, religion, etc we all experience raw emotion all the same

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@ Geoffrey The houses represents something unknown and since he doesn't know what is in there.

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the man still tries to connect his past to the boys present even though the goal is pointless the man is too afraid of the current state to let go of the past he knew so well

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The ocean represents a goal of sorts for the boy in a world where no more real goals exist so upon finally reaching the ocean it is a bittersweet moment because now he must find a new reason to live

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The ocean represents a goal of sorts for the boy in a world where no more real goals exist so upon finally reaching the ocean it is a bittersweet moment because now he must find a new reason to live

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@ Juan I think the ocean represents hope, something that they will hold on to.

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The ocean is a sense of hope and freedom. A chance of an escape from the horrors of the world that is presented upon them.

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@crystal because the ocean is magical

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i could survive because i have no moral qualms a

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@Melanie It would be better include both attributes since having optimism would bring motivation to continue your survival however being realistic would draw the line to how far you are willing to go to reach that goal

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But lets be honest, the world is full of let downs regardless of how life is going at that moment.

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It would take  actions such as resources to keep their people from starving. Then maybe they could trust in the government but it would be hard because for a period of time they resorted back to full control over ones own actions, to completely controlled. Anything could happen

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its not just a dog eat dog world its a people eat people world

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The father sets his son an example of how determined he is to ensure both of their survival even if it is in grim circumstances. If the father starts to show signs of weakness then it will probably influence his sons hopelessness

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Is the man stronger for pretending to be strong for his son

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Of course he's being brave for his son, as soon as you show a sign of doubt to a child their whole world shuts down and they start doubting everything. No matter how small that sign of doubt is they pick up on it, kids are good at picking up those types of signals

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i think it is better for them to die early in their trek, to die full of hope

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I think the dad is a brave person because he fights to get for a better place for his son. Specially not knowing where the road ends he just has hope . for happy's question - I don't think it was appropriate for the dad to just take everything away from the guy that stole from them. I think the dad should have known that everyone is looking for a way to survival and just give a small amount because they would keep walking either way and find new resources. for Davion's question i think the fear of death is keeping them alive to see what is in the other side. for melony's question i think the father should of been realistic about the goals they had for themselves. for JW's question they wanted to move because his wife just told him to go south. why not east or west? I think the wife encouraged him to just keep going south for a better life for her son.

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So is it wrong that the father pushes his son to stay alive even in this world that has no hope?

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Samantha Anderson i agree with kaela , sometimes life isnt worth living when the risk of pain or suffering is so large.

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Samantha Anderson i agree with kaela , sometimes life isnt worth living when the risk of pain or suffering is so large.

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Why not just fight till you die?

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Depending on whether you feel as a person that you could survive in that type of environment, me personally would have to be killed in sickness or by another person to die. I couldn't 🤬 myself when I know that it is a possibility that I could live.

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Even if the person is already dead i think it would be considered disrespectful to the person who´s died.

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Hmmmm dying slowly of starvation or cannibalism? Yeah i'd definitely choose cannibalism

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I don't think I'd be able to go cannibalistic even considering the circumstances

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In response to @Happy, most likely, if it's me versus everyone else id 100% become a cannibal. Other species do it let us do it too.

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So killing your child is justified? How? @whit

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I don't think the dad would be okay with either of those options @melanie

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so killing your child is justified ????

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I dont think the man could face killing his son without killing himself too.

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Why does that will to survive over come your morals?

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I think that he would rather shot his son himself because he would know how he died. In the book it shows that he won't let the boy commit 🤬 because how the boy wanted to be with his mom and the dad didn't want him to talk like that. That shows that he won't let the boy 🤬 himself. For Happy's question I would rather die because I wouldn't have to worry about looking for survival and food and sickness!!. I would rather be in peace and in a better place. For Mellony's question I think the father would have died or killed himself with out the kid because there wasn't any motivation for him to keep fighting for something. With the boy he wanted him to be in a safe place but not him. For

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I originally thought the book would end with the man killing his son and himself after being surrounded by cannibals

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I think the father would have tried to keep his son from committing 🤬. The reason he showed his son to use the gun if the son was immediate danger.

I think i would rather fight and keep going to the end. In this situation is hard but at the same time you dont know how long this situation will be. It could take months or even years. Others might think well just put yourself out of the misery situation.

I agree with melanie, to survive this situation you are have to be willing to 🤬 other people and animals to survive.

(comment added to melanie talking about age of the boy)I think it doesn't rely on the boys age but how mature the boy is. On how he takes everything that is happening around him and how he acts.

i think their goal to keep going was to not be caught by others and to get closer to the warmth. i think the warmth was a symbol to keep them alive

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(Responding to kacie's question)I think the dad would help the son not to commit 🤬 because since he went through it with his wife i think he knows some what in helping cope with it also because since they have a stronger bond since he is his child and him being the father having the trait to protect his own.

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Is subconsciousness something that isn't unique at all? Is your subconscious something that many people can have/share with other people, like a fight or flight reaction, or is subconscious just how your brain decides to act and react on your conscious decisions?

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The subconscious is your conscious under water. Seriously though, you've got the subconscious all wrong. Subconscious is what you do without actively thinking about it. It's your brain working on its own