Principles

Throughout The Road the idea of principles and its disappearance is omnipresent and I believe that one principle easily stands out from the rest. If one principle could be kept in a post-apocalyptic situation it would be family loyalty. In the Road the mother kills herself and I felt that was very selfish. Although many can argue that killing herself was the most unselfish thing she could have done, she did more than just killing herself, she killed part of the boy and dad. If the mother had not done what she did, the ending would have been very differently. Keeping loyalty within the family was the only thing they had, after everything was destroyed their family wasn't. Loyalty within the family assures you're not alone in a world full of evil. If you're alone you're better off dead.