The father and son share a bond closer than any we've come across thus far. They shared alot from the end of society to the death of the mother. Do you think their lifestyle makes them closer or pushes them apart than if this whole thing had never happened? Give specific examples from the story that support your opinion and disprove the other side.
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There lifestyle has without a doubt made them closer. The end of the world has changed thier lives and both the son and the father need each other for thier continued survival. I don't see how anyone could make the argument that thier lifestyle has driven them away from each other, even if the world didn't end. There has been no scenes or plot points in which we see the two have negative effects on each other. The two are inseparable and can't live alone.
By Eric Olson
I think it brings them closer than if the end of society had never happend. They depend on each other greatly and they are all they have. If the world was the way it was today, they wouldn't depend on each other as much and would take what they have for granted. When all you have is either your father or your son, your going to grow closer together.
The father and son share a lot of time together. They have seen many things no one in modern day America could even fathom. They have seen the female in their life weather it be their mother or wife. They have lived on the road and dealt with the harsh times in the novel. They sleep on the streets and are usually starving and have to live with what ever they can find. They have been attacked and threatened and the father has killed to save his son. They must hide from the cannibals and from other people who have gone insane. They have found people being tortured in a basement and have seen people about to be eaten by cannibals. They want to help these people but they must only help one another. It is sad to see these two going through these harsh times but they are survivors. I believe everything they have been through has made them have a strong bond.
ADAM HART
From reading the book it seems that their bond has gotten a lot closer since the death of the mother. The father is teaching the boy not be afraid. He answers most the boy's questions and always gives him hope for tomorrow and that they will not die and find food. He teaches the boy not to be afraid and to always be on the lookout and not to trust anyone. He teaches him that you need to fight for your own self and that you cannot share food to others if you have only enough for yourself. The boy does teach the father though that even though everything is lost you needs to still have a heart. As in when they see a 90 year old supposable blind man on the road the father wants to just keep walking but the boy wants to see the old man and give him food because he looks like he needs it. Eventually the father does give him a can of peaches and really shows that he does care about the man but not enough to bring him with them.
Josh Spilewski
While there is no way to know what their relationship was before the "incident" you can almost feel that they have gotten closer. While at times there seem to be minor problems bettween the two, like with the father wanting to do something and the boy being afraid or the boy wanting to help people and the father knowing they shouldn't, it is overcoming these things together that makes it apparent just how strong a bond the two actually have. While the death of the mother must have terribly hurt both the father and the son it was something they were able to overcome together and while there could still be lingering effect of it on the boy, for example his constant need to help others even when they have little themselves, it undeniably shows just how strong willed not only the father is but also the son. It is true without a doubt that their situation has braught them closer together making a strong bond that will most likely last them to end of one of their lives.
(By the way the responces people have posted thus far are exactly what i was hoping for with this kind of question. You can tell thought was put into them and that the commenter actually feel this way. Keep it up.)
I think that with everything that has happened the father and the son have a bond that is kind of awkward. The boy seems to realize that the man and him have very little chance of living so if they are going to be alive for a certain time then they need to have a certain bond that needs to be stong, but on the same side they seem to be alittle apart becasue the scenes are awkward. Maybe it is becasue of the mother dieng or what. They need to be more together and get through this
Ben Hastigs
To me, there is no doubt in my mind that this situation could ever push them apart because if this had not happened to them then they would be back to their old lifestyle of going to school/work, ignoring each other, and taking each other for granted like every other father and son pair. In order to survive, all they have is the person standing next to them so they need to learn to depend on each other for everything. If you don�t like, or have a problem with the person who�s standing next to you, you better change that soon because you�re going to have to spend a LOT of time with them.
Ashley LaRochelle
I think the lifestyle of the father and son is closer because of their lifestyle in the book. If the father and son did not have the lifestyle they have in the book things would be completely different. I believe the two would not be as close because in a different lifestyle they would not have to rely on eachother as much as they do now. For example the boy depends on his father to help keep him alive and wanna survive. Also the father depends on his son to want to survive. Fathers and sons do not have to depend on eachother to survive in todays life..
Kellie Hansen
The man and boy are living very difficult lifestyles. However, if the world was not completely destroyed I don’t think the son and father would have the same relationship. The world being destroyed brings them closer because they only have each other. If there were other people the boy wouldn’t be as close to the father.
Throughout the novel, the father and son disagree on a lot of things. The boy is always trying to help other people out along the road. The father wants nothing to do with them because he wants to survive. I think in a normal world, the father also wouldn’t be as close because he would probably be working all the time to support himself and the boy. The world being in utter chaos brings the father and boy a lot closer.
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Zack Schleicher
Humans, being social beasts need other of their kind. People might not admit it, but even the most solitary person wishes that they had someone. Humans have evolved in a way that makes solitary life very hard. They deal with problems through others. They spread out there stresses like trees spread roots. The more �roots� a tree grows the less weight the �trunk� has to bear. I believe that in this apocalyptic world the father and son are in definitely brings them closer together. The son is all that the dad has left of his wife, and the times before the catastrophe. The boy sees his dad as his only outlet to the world. His dad is the one person in the chaos that he can trust. However this all begins to change when the boy knows his dad is going to die. It seems they start to drift away from each other and become somewhat cold. But wait! The optimistic side of me sees this situation in a different light. I believe that the father is trying to protect his son from the inevitable heartbreak he must endure. He allows both his son and himself to show each other one last sign of love in the loveless world that they occupy.
The father and the boy do have an incredibly close relationship. The Life style definitely made the two closer. The two have to do everything together and depend on each other for survival. The mother dying only brings them closer together, now the two must be self sufficient. They are fully dependent on each other and that makes them closer than the average father/son relationship.
CASEY PIPES
Do you think their lifestyle makes them closer or pushes them apart than if this whole thing had never happened?
The lifestyle that the father and son are living right now is almost unbearable, they are fighting for their lives day by day. In my opinion the father and son have grown togther through what they've encountered on the road. They are more attached probably than they have ever been, because they look out for each other and the father is providing for his son as much as he can. Examples, the father saved the sons life multiple times, he shot the guy that put a knife to the boys neck, the father hid with the boy from the cannibals, and makes shelter for him. Thats why the father are so close with one another instead ofpushed apart.
The way that the father and son have been forced to live has definitely brought them closer. The father and son have a dependence on each to survive; the son depends on his father’s perseverance while the father uses his son as extra inspiration to endure. The two have never had any incident were their bond was becoming jeopardized. Naturally, a father and son have a very close bond and I believe if these two were to get separated that they would perish.
~John Ricca
I definitely think the lifestyle the father and the son are living now makes them closer. They are in a world where there is no one who they can trust and nothing they can use or even eat. They only have each other, to talk to, to even depend on. Being with someone like this for so long and having them be the only person in your life definintely creates a strong bond. They both keep each other alive, if the son was not there the father would feel he has no reason to live, he would probably just commit suicide but he wont because he feels he needs to protect his son and keep him alive. The young boy is just too young to even know what to do, he has his father and thats it. If this were different, and it was a normal world they live in with a normal family i think their bond would be so different. The father would be off at work and the son would be going to school, who knows what kind of relationship they would of had. Jen O'Brien
I believe that the lifestyle that the boy and his father share have made them grow much stronger as opposed to to them never traveling the road. Having to depend off of one another is vital in their everyday lives, and forces them to have a stronger bond. If their situation was different and they had their own seperate lives from one another like work, school, friends, and other activities they would most deffinetely not be as close as they are depending on eachother on a daily basis.
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