The Road for me represented a time in one's life that everyone experiences, a depressing, hopeless time in which it appears that you will never get out of the rut that you are in. The whole depressive air of The Road was plagued by the father and son couple wondering if they would find enough food and water, escape being murdered by foes, and even live. All the while on their journey to the coast they questioned if there was a God. Their lives are makred by constant, unending violence and fear, and a sense of being lost forever.
The father and son encounter many people, and none of these encounters bring happiness. The father often remakrs to the son that he prays that they will make it to the coast, or survive another frigid night. In the end, the father dies and the son is invited to travel with the first family that has showed kindness to others in this barren apocalyptic land. In this last desperate attempt to find God and believe again, the son is given another opportunity at life.
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