The Road

Section 22 - pages 270-end q 13

Why is the woman glad to see the boy?

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The wife of the man, upon their arrival, hugs the boy. She tries to talk to the boy about God sometimes, but the boy finds it easier to talk to his father. "The woman said that was all right. She said that the breath of God was his breath yet though it pass from man to man through all of time" (241).

The woman when she saw him put her arms around him and held him. Oh, she said, I am so glad to see you. She would talk to him sometimes about God. He tried to talk to God but the best thing was to talk to his father and he did talk to him and he didnt forget. The woman said that was all right. She said that the breath of God was his breath yet though it pass from man to man through all of time.
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McCarthy, Cormac (2007-03-20). The Road (Vintage International) (p. 286). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.