The Road Compassion Quotes

Another example of a facet of humanity, compassion, is in The Road page 90. The quote is "He sat the boy on the footlocker under the gaslamp and with a plastic comb and a pair of scissors he set about cutting his hair. He tried to do a good job and it took some time. When he was done he took the towel from around the boy’s shoulders and he scooped the golden hair from the floor. [….] He cut his own hair but it didnt come out so good. He trimmed his beard with the scissors while a pan of water heated and then he shaved himself with a plastic safety razor" (McCarthy 90 ). The Man does a better job of cutting The Boy's hair than his own. He puts his son first before his own needs. Although the father was losing hope, the brief "break" of the harshness