Assignment 6- three questions-Sunny

Q1: How did the attitude of the man change, comparing to the beginning?
At the first part the man hides things from the boy. Usually his own feelings and thoughts because he does not want his son to quiver in fear. Even in breathtaking scenes he stays calm and try not to panic. But as time goes he realizes that himself is now dying and acknowledge the fact that he has to tell the boy how he thinks and how he interacts. As the man lose his energy and goes toward death, at the same time the boy gets older and stronger which increases the possibility of survival. I guess this makes the man's attitude change toward the boy. In page 272 when the boy ask 'Are you real brave?' to the man and the answer is 'Just medium'. If the boy had asked it before when the man was healthier the man would have probably answered 'yes', at least to give the boy hope. I was shocked when the mans says the bravest thing he ever did was 'getting up this morning'. I mean it would be scary to wake up every morning and think about struggling again to survive. But the man always wanted the boy to believe that they'll survive and he did not say things like this before. Another thing that has changed is that he started to respect the boy. He knows that the boy has grown up and has his own thoughts. The man does not convince the boy to believe they are good guys, he just listens carefully to what the boy says.

Q2: How did the attitude of the boy change toward the man?
This question kind of made me creepy and confusing at the same time. The boys words and behavior are sometimes hard to catch and when I realize the boys intention it turns out to be a scary thing. The boy, as I said above is now starting to decide by his own and tries to conceal his thoughts from his father. In page 268 he says he does not want to tell a story and does not want to confess his inside stories. The strange thing is that the man used to ignore the boy's minds, but he wants to know what the boy really thinks, now. I suppose the man accepts that the boy has grown up and is willing to understand the boy better by asking questions rather than simply ignoring it. the boy insists that they don't help people. Cormac McCarthy is an author that is asking us about morality and the dialogue between the man and the boy reveals this better. I caught that the boy is sick of living in a apocalyptic world. In page 268 the boy says his dreams are more like real life and the real life is not happy for him. Unlike his fathers hope(the man wants the boy to be hopeful) the boy is kind of becoming similar to his father. Confessing the fact that he knows the world is a bad place to live emphasizes the situation they are struggling with.

Q3: Did the book end positively or negatively?
I think it ended optimistically. I can't say it ended a happy ending cause the man died and left the boy in the world, and I thought dying together at the same time in a same place would be better. Although the man died the boy met other people who say they are good guys and have other kids too. I suppose they are good guys because they do not take the pistol from the boy and wrap the mans body for the boy. So it's like the man send a present for the boy, not to leave him alone.
I hope the boy grow up into a proper adult and get to see a world without gray ashes, with bright colors and have a opportunity to swim in the blue, blue ocean someday.