The Ending.

The Beach-

" He looked at the boy. He could see the disappointment in his face. I'm sorry its not blue "

Sums up the disappointment and hopelessness within the book- a running theme- significant in where life began, there is no life. Finalises the whole view of a post apocalyptic world. The road is in itself the journey the pair have to find the end of the road, This point is in where they have reached this ending.
"im sorry its not blue " as if the father has promised him this, Key that the boy has been looking forward that it would be " blue " shows how the bleak the world is, all is dead and " graying " that the idea of colour is the greatest thing the young boy could think of.

Dead fish, even the sea is dead, the earth is dead, all is dead and there is no hope. Religious imagery " fish " " birdless "" boat " of jesus, ironic in that jesus could split two fish for thousand but there is not enough just for two. " birdless " no saviour.

" desolate, birdless " link to a quote from the beginning of the book " barren, silent, godless " ties up book.

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Mans death-

Tone changes after the death, tone changes to mimic the boys naivety- seems over hopeful and optimistic, takes the sinister intentions out of the book- we forget about the harsh reality.

The boy is the morale compass of the novel.

The man talks about unknown creatures and is in a dreamlike state- reflecting on his state at the beginning of the book. " failing light " hope, life, all dying with him.
" They have reached the point of no return which was measured from the first, solely by the light they carried with them " Things are only getting worse for them- there would be no point in carrying on, they had no food and had found theyre destination to be an anti climax.

" You said you wouldnt leave me " this doesnt fit in with the rest of the emotionless context of the book- however, it could reflect the removal of a metaphorical mash- we are finally seeing the mans raw emotion.