The Road

Section 7 pages 79-89 question 2

Explain the meaning of the phrase, "[W]e're carrying the fire ."" (83)

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Fire symbolizes light and hope. The boy and father are the "good guys" - perhaps the only good guys left in the world. They carry the fire both literally and figuratively: they are a light in the darkness. 

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