The Road 70-100

       The start of this section the man and the child are still running from the people in the truck. The man and child left their cart, and they went off of the road to make camp for the night. When they both woke up, the man went to go find their cart, and it had been plundered probably by the people in the truck, and they took all of the food and the boy's knapsack. Then the man took the boy to a little river under a bridge, and the man washed the little boy's hair. The man had to wash the blood from the attacker out of the boy's hair. The water was very cold and it made the boy shiver like a dog. The boy was also still shocked about being attacked by the man, and then his father shooting the attacker. The man and boy also made their way into a town because they saw smoke coming from one of the building, and they thought that they might find some survivors. The man knew that they had to take a chance here because they did not have anymore food. In the town the man went into one of the abandoned stores and he found some coats that he could use for warmth. When the man and boy were sleeping in this town, the young boy thought that he saw another young boy, but when he tried to follow him the other boy seemed to vanish. The boy's father was upset with him because he did not like him wandering off like that. After day break the man and child went back on the road heading towards south. They left so quickly because the man knew that there were people watching them, and he was fearful for their safety. The then made camp in some woods, when it had started to snow. The man then went and got some wood to make a fire, so that the man and boy would have some warmth and some light. During their sleep, the man was awakened by a cracking sound, and he realized that the trees around him were falling. The man had to wake up the boy because they could not see any of these hidden giants falling because their fire had gone out so they were surrounded by complete darkness.

          This section of the book was a little bit slower than the previous section that I had read. I really like how even though the man and kid have no food, they keep moving on because they know that they will find food somewhere. I do not know why the man and child would not stay in the town a little bit longer and try to find the people that were hiding. I also, don't know why the man did not try and take the child's knapsack and their food from their cart when they hid from the people in the truck. I also, don't know why they did not search more houses or places in the town for food. Overall, i am really liking this book, I think that it is a great book about survival and a bond between a father and son.