The Road by Cormac McCarthy
"It was getting colder but they had campfires all night" (pg 30)
This quote in the book The Road by Cormac McCarthy makes me think about when my dad would take my brother and i camping and every night we would have a huge fire that would last the whole night which in the book they'd do that every night which was something I could relate to. Camping was a way for me to bond with my dad cause your out in the wilderness instead of being in the city life where know one is and you pretty much go into survival mode. Camping was a way for me to bond with family and to be one with nature and made me pursue a career that does just that. Its something that makes you go out an explore new things and everything around you. If you have ever camped before you should know the feeling where your sitting beside the fire listening to the crackle of the wood, the frogs in the lake, and the crickets in the hills. This book book helps me connected to the character through a father/son perspective it makes me see how much the boy looks up to his dad just like I do and how much the dad wants to protect the boy and teach him knew things.
The quote shows me that the character is eager to survive and to get to the coast no matter what obstacle stands in his way, because everything he does is to survive and keep the boy safe. Its one of thoughs father instincts where the dad basically does everything to protect the boy in rough situations like this like every father would do. This shows you that no matter what happens in your life if you keep and open mind and eager to get through it you will succeed and get to were you are going. This basically makes me believe that this is the theme to the book if you keep and open mind and have that mind set you will survive.
