Survival
Symbols/Plot
Events
Misc.
The man
100

What direction are the boy and man traveling? 


South

100

What does the boy symbolize?

Goodness

100

Who keeps questioning if they are good guys?

The boy

100

What motivates the man?

The boy

100

When was the first time the man felt a sense of protection over his son?

When he was born

200

What dream does the boy have that scares him?

The toy penguin 

200

What happens to the mother? 


Commits Suicide 


200

Who tells the boy that the fire is inside of him and it has always been?

The man

200

What is the significance of  the boy reaction after the cannibal is shot?

loss of innocence 

200

What significant piece of the man does he leave behind on the road?

A photo of his wife

300

What do the man and boy see often when they go through areas such as stores and the truck on the road?



Dead bodies

300

What treat does the man give the boy? 

A coke


300

What promise does the man keeping breaking?

Their goal to be together in life and death

300

What does the landscape resemble 

Hell

300

What does the man describe as "the perfect day in his childhood" 

Helping his uncle retrieve a tree stump in summer 

400

What do the man and boy prioritize the most when they ransack houses?

Food and water

400

What is the purpose the happy dreams the man has? 

As comfort and torture 

400

Who does the wife say she has taken as her lover?

Death

400

What were the biggest obstacles the man and the boy faced while traveling through the mountains?

starvation and snow 

400

What does the difference between the man and the boy's dreams say about their character?

Father struggles with morality 

Boy is innocent

500

How many bullets does the pistol contain after the man kills the bloodcult member? 

One

500

What does the monster in the man's dream represent? 


Death and death of morality 

500

What is this quote referring to? 

"It's for us and it will be for others and we don't know who they will be and we can't hear them coming"

Waterfall

500

What are some things of the old world the boy can't recognize? 

Phone, dam, states 

500

What specifically happens that makes the man feel like a terrible failure

he has to wash brains out of his son's hair

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