I’m trying to learn for my English class and I’m stuck. Can you help?
Answer these questions
1. Describe what happens at the end of the book. What is the significance of the three days the boy waited with his father until he went back onto the road?
2. What does the ending (the final paragraph) of the book mean to you? Why do you think McCarthy chose a scene in nature that seemingly has little do with the narrative? Is there symbolic power to this final description in your opinion?
3. How would you describe the boy’s moral and ethical principles throughout the book? How does the way he carries himself differ, if only slightly, from the morals and ethics of his father? What is the significance of the boy’s morals and ethics in light of the depraved environment in which he and his father find themselves?
