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My book club friend said something about 'The Road' that I can't stop thinking about
We were at our usual spot, the back table at the Maple Street Cafe, last Tuesday. We were arguing about the ending of Cormac McCarthy's book. Everyone was talking about hope or despair. Then my friend Jen just said, 'I think the man failed. The boy was carrying the fire, not him.' She meant the dad was too broken to really see his own son's goodness. That one line changed how I saw the whole last 50 pages. It wasn't about surviving the road. It was about the kid already being better. Has anyone else had a single comment flip a book for them like that?
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wren2174h ago
Jen's right, and it makes you wonder if the dad even knew what he was carrying.
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