This past summer my youth group went on a missions trip to Ohio, and one day we went to Columbus to visit a ministry called Lower Lights. At one point during the day we entered the owner 's house, and she started to tell a group of us the history of the house. She explained that an arsonist had burnt the house down a couple years previously and everything was consumed by the fire with the exception of a portrait hanging on the wall. As I walked into the home, my eyes locked onto the warped painting. Although the portrait had some damage from the fire, the face of Jesus remained intact, a sign of endurance. Likewise, in The Road, papa and the boy survived and endured the challenges that were ahead of them. The father and the son traveling South,
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I’m sorry. You have my whole heart. You always did. You’re the best guy. You always were. If I’m not here you can still talk to me. You can talk to me and I’ll talk to you. You’ll see./ Will I hear you?/ Yes. You will. You have to make it like talk that you imagine. And you’ll hear me. You have to practice. Just don’t give up, Okay?” (McCarthy 279). The love they had for each other flourished and endured until the end; even till death. The father thought the world of his son and loved him with his whole heart because he was “the best guy” out of the two of them. The son had more empathy and compassion for humanity and saw the world differently than his father. Therefore his father respected him for that and their relationship grew deeper.
Through the trials and tribulations of traveling South the father and son’s love for each other triumphed above everything, and through that their love grew. As the father and son traveled south chaos was running about and the father was slipping away from empathy and humanity. The boy had to be that hope for him that carried him through it, and their love kept both of them going, even to the end. In the same way, the portrait of Jesus still hangs on the wall today the love between the father and son endured the blazing
I’m sorry. You have my whole heart. You always did. You’re the best guy. You always were. If I’m not here you can still talk to me. You can talk to me and I’ll talk to you. You’ll see./ Will I hear you?/ Yes. You will. You have to make it like talk that you imagine. And you’ll hear me. You have to practice. Just don’t give up, Okay?” (McCarthy 279). The love they had for each other flourished and endured until the end; even till death. The father thought the world of his son and loved him with his whole heart because he was “the best guy” out of the two of them. The son had more empathy and compassion for humanity and saw the world differently than his father. Therefore his father respected him for that and their relationship grew deeper.
Through the trials and tribulations of traveling South the father and son’s love for each other triumphed above everything, and through that their love grew. As the father and son traveled south chaos was running about and the father was slipping away from empathy and humanity. The boy had to be that hope for him that carried him through it, and their love kept both of them going, even to the end. In the same way, the portrait of Jesus still hangs on the wall today the love between the father and son endured the blazing