THE END

The past 2 months of reading has been a journey. What started off as a somewhat confusing novel had turned into a very emotional and thought prevoking experience. Starting off from where my last plot summary blog left off, The Man and his son once again journey down the road, however they finally have found their goal: the coast. The boy had always wanted to see the coast and the ocean, picturing it to be blue, as it was in his father's stories. However, that was not the case, as the ocean was as dark as the rest of the landscape they had seen for many years. Off shore there was a large boat, which The Man went to frequently to find supplies. In one instance, he found a flaregun, and when he explaned its use to the boy, the boy asked if they could shoot it off, and The Man obliged. "The boy stood holding the gun. He pointed it toward the sea. Wow, he said."(McCarthy, 242). The amusment the boy experienced was the highest he had in the novel. A day after they set it off, they found their stuff was stolen. Scared and shook, The Man and his son followed tracks in the sand to find the man who had their stuff. The Man took out his gun, spared his life, however made him strip his clothes, saying, "I'm going to leave you the way you left us." (257). The boy convinced his father to leave him with food, seeing just how vicious his father had become. Later down the road, they found a small town, where The Man looked for vitamins and more supplies. While walking through the streets, a man shot him in the leg with an arrow, and in return he shot him with the flare gun. The arrow wounded him severely, and even with the bandaging and care he showed his wound, his previous ailment (the bloody cough), along with the infected leg proved too much for his body to handle. "It's all right. This has been a long time coming. Now it's here. Keep going south. Do everything the way we did it." (278). The boy finally had to let his father go, and as he walked away from his dead father, he met up with another group of survivors, a man, his wife, a son about his age, and a daughter, and they took him in as their own for the long journey ahead of them. "Oh, she said, I am glad to see you." (286). After reading this book, I would give it an 8/10. It started out slow, however the way Th Man and his son's journey, and the way they connected hit home. It was extremely realistic their interactions between each other. The theme love conquers all was prevalent throughout the novel, and in the end, it was also evident even through death, as the boy's love for his father kept him going, and gave him the strength to go with the other family. In cocnlusion, I enjoyed this novel, and would reccomend it to anyone looking for a good adventure novel.