The End of The Road

I believe that the conclusion of The Road was a very satisfying one considering that the boy was described as being very sickly and thin throughout the novel.  The father could die in good conscience, because his sacrifices were not for nothing.  After his death, the boy encountered other travelers that appeared to have good moral fortitude.  They seemed eager to adopt the boy and now it seemed that he would not be surviving for absolutely no purpose at all contrary to the old man’s belief.  There were now children his age, which meant that hopefully one day they could reproduce and help to save the human race.  It also offers some hope of renewing civilization somewhere down the line.  When it was just he and his father, it seemed like the whole time they were not really living- just surviving.  Here, with other children and a girl his age, it gives more happiness and meaning in the boy’s existence.  If what the old man had thought were true: that there were no children left, then in all honesty all the hardships of the boy and his father would have been for nothing.