The future for the man and the boy starts to look a lot blurrier, as they realize just how alone they are and how low their stakes of surviving have become. When they find a flaregun, as this blog says, the boy is first to realize that the flaregun can't help them using its original purpose, because there is no one to ask for help to. They could throw a flare in the air, but there would be no one on the other side to see it and save them. In our current lives, most circumstances of trouble could be solved with a flaregun, or it might at least give the despaired one a little hope of being found. However, in this lonely world the man and the boy live in, signaling other humans will do no good to them.
It is interesting how the boy says that maybe God can see the flare and help them, or one of the good guys. The boy seems to be the most philosophical of them both, and certainly the one with a better heart. When the man decides to leave the poor thief naked in the middle of the road with no food or clothes, the boy is the one who brings reality back to him, and makes him go back to help. It does the thief no good; however, because when they come back in a leap of forgiveness, he is already gone.
The story continues in a very pessimistic way, as both of the main characters have their own moments of sickness. The boy gets really sick of vomit and a fever, while the man tries his best to keep him alive. But gradually, it is him who has to fight the hardest, because his cough doesn't seem to be something momentary. I think it will lead to something bigger, and cause trouble for the family. Anyway, the man had promised to not leave his son alone, so we are left wondering if in the case of his health getting worse, will he kill his son first?
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