Character Analysis: The Man

The Man in the story does not help anyone they come across. The Boy always argues, and wants to help people they come across, but The Man is older, wiser, and knows that they could be set up, and does not want to risk his son's life for anything. They Man and Boy had come across a man who had been limping, they saw him from afar, and decided to follow him. They had followed the man for a while, until he had fallen to his knees, and did not get back up. As they walked by the man on the ground, they noticed he was burnt, and one of his eyes was melted shut, he had been struck by lightning. The Boy thought about this man for a while, and was crying wanting to help him, but the older and wiser Man said that there was no use, he was going to die no matter what. (Cormac 25-26)
The Boy always asked questions about who was the good guys, and who was the bad guys. The Man always told him that they were still the good guys, and that wasn't going to change. The Boy asked the man what made the bad guys bad?, The Man told him that the bad guys are the ones that eat anything, dogs, cats, even people, so because they did not do things like that, they were the good guys. (Cormac 39)
Ears
The Man and The Boy were
The Man looked around for a while, but didn't find much. They stumbled upon a locked door, the boy was frightened. The Man found a crowbar, and broke the door open, it was pitch black; the Man got out his lighter, and walked slowly. He looked in the corner and saw an old bed with naked woman children, and a man sitting on it. The man had no legs, and his stubs were burnt, the room smelled of burnt skin. The man started to crawl after them, begging for help. The Man yelled at the boy to run, the Man pushed the boy up the stairs. The Boy reached to the top, and froze, out the window was a group of 4 bearded men approaching the house. The Man threw the Boy over his shoulders and ran for his life. (Cormac