The Road (Post 3, Question 6)

6. What other remarks might you have about the books? Questions? Observations? Reactions?

One thing that stuck out in The Road was The Boy's utter devotion to his father. A theme of the book was The Boy repeating "Okay" over and over again. In that one word stood so much power because it was a true show of his faith in his father. Without arguing, he would just respond with "okay" to everything that his father was saying because he wanted so hard to believe that his father was right and that he was leading them to a better and safer place. Though, as an child would, he would question things sometimes, the conversation would narrow down to The Boy saying "Okay." It was s powerful because typically that's not what a child's reaction is. Most children tend to argue for what they want, and not be able to compromise. But this world transformed him into a child that had to make adult-like compromises, and to just go with what a person he trusted was saying. Though he was scared a lot of the time (and who wouldn't be, in a world where dead bodes are scattered throughout the landscape) he clung to his father with his whole heart. His bravery was so admirable, because he was so young. We see more of The Man's twisted head in the book than The Boy's, and I think that's for the best, so it comes as a shock when The Boy's intelligence is shown through his quiet disposition. The book is a constant flow of The Man's thoughts, but the small sections in which we get to see what The Boy is thinking are probably what make the book.