I know a lot of the class didn’t like the ending to The Road but really liked it, it made me feel happy. I wish we could’ve seen a little bit more of the boy with the new family he joined up with or I wish that we could’ve seen the boy on his own for a few more days rather than joining a group so quickly. I wonder if the boy in the family that the boy joined up with was the original kid he saw on the side of the road and that the family has been close by ever since then, or following them. Whenever it was that the family saw the man and the kid, they probably noticed that the man was having a really hard time and maybe they wanted to stay close just in case the man died so then they could watch over the boy. I don’t really understand why the man and the boy were so determined to travel all the way to the coast, because when they got there it wasn’t any different from what they were already living it besides there being an ocean. I thought they were going to get to the coast and there were going to be a bunch of good people or something, but there was nothing but boats. I agree that it’s not fair for the boy to say that they don’t help anyone because the man is constantly helping the boy. The man’s only reason for living was the boy, so he had to keep focused on keeping the boy alive and training him how to survive on his own, especially because he knew that he was going to die soon. But overall, I really liked this book. I’m going to definitely see the movie over break. I hope everyone has a great thanksgiving break! J
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I liked the ending too, but there were some parts that just didn't sit well. Like you said, it would have been nice to see more of what happened with the boy and the family, but at the same time the whole book was essentially about the father and he died. Mainly though I thought it was odd that he meets up with a group of good people only three days after his father died. It seemed a bit rushed to me.
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