Father and Son

In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, there is a father and a son. They only have themselves in what has now become a destroyed and horrible world. The boy depends on his father for survival. And the father chooses to live only for his son. IN the beginning of the story, they seem to have a strong relationship. Later on we see that the boy questions many things he is unaware of. His father answers them, even though he gives vague answers. Like when the boy asks about the states the father told him that he did not know exactly what happened to them, when he probably had at least an idea of what happened to them. But the father doesn’t answer the son because he might not want to explain the states and life before the disaster. He doesn’t want his son to feel like life has left him out of the privileges others had before him. This is why the father tries to make his son’s life the best possible in this awful situation. The father is very generous and considerate with his son. He tries to make him enjoy some of the remaining things before the catastrophe so he can have a good life. Like when the father found a can of Coca-Cola, he offered it to the son, only taking a sip so the boy can enjoy the most of the delicious drink that he will probably never ever drink again in his life. The father also gives the more cocoa and tries not to drink as much so the boy can enjoy it. This shows how much the father cares about the boy. He wants him to have the most normal life possible by giving him some of the small things in our lives that we either take for granted or don’t take the time to appreciate. Even though the boy sometimes refuses to talk to his father, the father always tries to make things better. He doesn’t want them to fight because his son is all that he has left in the world. The father and son will disagree on some things, especially because the son may be confused. But either way he loves him. And he knows that all he has in this world is his father (since his mom commit suicide). The son relies on his father for answers. He tells him his fears and always seems to expect his father to make him feel safe. Overall, their relationship is very strong, compared to father-son relationships today.
Today, some father-son relationships (or even mother-daughter relationships) aren’t as strong because there might not be enough trust.  The father and son trust each other. That is another reason why they are so close to each other.
The father and the son are, in my opinion, a role model to follow in all family (and even friend) relationships should follow.