The road being the journey from life to death, however within a dead world the journey seems to be from a realisation of dying to death. Like a terminal illness. Ultimate Depressant.

The road being an important symbol to Americans representing a journey into the unknown, depicts freedom and exploration but in the world sees it as more of a curse- having to explore the old memories, a journey on a road- a constant reminder of the old world.

A deeper journey of epicness depicted through other tales in which the protagonist encounters many tests to prove himself or to find himself, like an epiphany, the road could represent a modern allegory, a series of events set to make the man judge himself, or for us to judge the man and realise that the boy is the real good guy.




on an unrelated note- The whole book sees the boy yearn for female company, we infer he gets upset when the father cries his mothers name- he needs the emotional bond a mother would give him, he goes straight to the woman in the new group as he finds comfort in her- this glorifies women within the novel showing their natural comforting qualities that we could not find within a father figure. It shows a need for the natural relationship between a mother and her young.