The father was really going to kill his son. He feared so much that the "bad guys" would get his son, that he wanted his son to kill himself, and when he thought he couldn't do it, the father was going to. Talk about adversity. That's why he's been asking himself "Can you do it?" He has been wondering this whole time, if he could kill his son if it came down to it. Luckily, the men did not see them hiding in the woods. That's another adversity in itself. They had to hide there, without moving in the freezing cold of the woods in order to keep the bad guys from seeing them.
This book is so gripping that I have trouble putting it down. McCarthy's writing style just keeps you hooked, wanting to know more. It's strange because it so simple, and sometimes hard to follow, but you're always left wanting to know what comes next.
Chattahoochee River
Thursday, March 12, 2015
The Road - Section2
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That part really did haunt me because it was something that i tried to understand from the point of view of the father and from the son, and it both situations, i couldn't imagine having the courage to go through with witnessing or doing if one of the "bad guys" had come.
ReplyDeleteI knew that the Man's internal dialogue meant he would have to face the question of whether or not he could kill the Boy!!!
ReplyDeleteBut I totally agree, the two events mentioned in your blog post really showed the magnitude of the situation that they faced, and how their life, especially from the boy's point of view I suppose since this world is basically all he has known, is almost entirely adversity. Based on the nature of this unit in Advanced Comp, I'm assuming that they'll overcome it in some way or another, but I can't imagine how.