Seora-Writing 3 insightful moments

p. 259
What do you want to do?
Just help him, Papa. Just help him.
The man looked back up the road.
He was just hungry, Papa. He's going to die.
He's going to die anyway.
He's so scared, Papa.
The man squatted and looked at him. I'm scared, he said. Do you understand? I'm scared.
The boy didn't answer. He just sat there with his head bowed, sobbing.
You're not the one who has to worry about everything.
The boy said something but he couldn't understand him. What? he said.
He looked up, his wet and grimy face. Yes I am, he said.
I am he one.
This part of the book is when they catch the thief who was stealing all of their stuff. The boy hopes to just leave him but the man insists on taking all of his clothes and leaving him with nothing just like he was doing to them. However, because of the boy, they came back to him, to give him his clothes and his stuff back but he was gone.
We could make a lot out of this part of the book. The first question is that, are they really the "Good man,"? I mean, we all know for sure that the boy is, I'm just wondering if the man is. I think that he only becomes a "Good man" after considering the possibilities of how it will affect the boy. And when it comes to the boy, the man will do anything. He didn't have to take all of his stuff just like the boy said. If he really was a good guy, he would take mercy on him just like the boy said.
Also, the part where the boy says that "I am the one". We know that he has grown up from the start of the book, physically and mentally. In the beginning, he was more like under the protection of the man, but in the end he was protecting and guarding the man. And he acknowledges that he has to make a difference since his dad would care nothing more than the safety of his own.
p.265
See if you can find the first-aid kit, he said.
The boy didn't move.
Get the first-aid kit, damn it. Don't just sit there.
This is where the man got shot by an unknown man who was watching them from the house with an arrow. He was bleeding badly in his leg but he manages to stitch it himself and walk to the south.
I thought that this part was impressing since he was cursing at the boy. I know that this is a situation where he was hurt and he couldn't think clearly but unlike the beginning of the book, I could recognize a lot of cursing of the man in front of the boy. I can't really tell why for sure but I do know that the man is becoming more harsh and cold-hearted. It's mostly because of the feeling that he will soon leave his boy and he wants the boy to become more stronger, and he doesn't give too much of attention to the boy than he did in the front. Not in a bad way, but in good ways where he respects the boy's feelings and allows him to stand on his legs.
p.270
I want to be with you.
You can't.
Please.
You can't. You have to carry the fire.
I don't know how to.
Yes you do.
Is it real? The fire?
Yes it is.
Where is it? I don't know where it is.
Yes you do. It's inside you. It was always there. I can see it.
This is where the man feels deep inside his heart that this is where he's going to die, and he tells the boy to go on to the south without him. But the boy keeps telling him that he wants to be with his father and that he can't leave him, but the man convinces him by saying that he is the one carrying the fire inside his heart.
From the middle of the book, there has been some talks about them being the good guys since they are carrying the fire. We could connect this fire with the fire in the Bible. There are lots of fire in the bible, and they could all be translated into different meanings. But the best translation of the fire in the bible that connects well with the fire in the road, was the meaning of "saying". In the bible, it says that the fire means the words of the God, and whoever listens to it and senses it will feel the burning of their soul. He wants, no, maybe the man knows that he will make a difference in this devastating apocalyptic world.
Finally, this is the end of "The Road". Wow... ㅋㅋㅋ