What you put in your head is there forever? (The Road)

This book is something alright .. These last 100 pages have been slow, dull, and boring yet I can't seem to put the book down. Why!? Because I want to know what will become of the man and his son. Anyways, it's about time something good happened to the two of them. It made ME feel relieved when they were able to shower with clean water and eat a good meal. I can't imagine how it feels like to have to be on the look-out every day, all day though.

As for the old man, he gave me mixed feelings. I felt extremely bad for him at first because of his lack of vision, old age, and thin frame. But as he and the man began to talk my attitude towards him changed quite a bit. He portrayed the ideal old person: rude and cold-hearted. He says that he can't trust them with his name and talks about how God doesn't exist. The least he could do was thank the boy or even wish them luck, but he did neither. If I were the man I'd give him food as well even if I didn't want to because after all, we are the "good guys". And how much damage can a couple cans of food do? Not much I'm assuming. As if the novel isn't already depressing as it is, the man now gets sick. I admire him and his will to survive though. If that were me I'd probably lay there and rot, awaiting for my inevitable death.

I also start to wonder why the dad question some statements that are made by the boy. He claimed to have learned them from his dad, but is that so? And its even more weirder how he doesn't know anything from our modern world, like the toilet. Poor fellow! The more I read, the more I begin to lose hope in the chances of their survival. But they always come across some type of shelter as they are nearing death and replenish themselves. Kind of repetitive, don't you think?