Ooshie Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 I would be interested in hearing about what anyone else thought about the ending of The Road. I had happily accepted the ending as written, imagining that the boy in the family was probably the boy they had seen earlier in their journey. But I have read that many people think that the ending was a hallucination that the boy was having while he was dying. I'm devastated by this thought! I needed a happy ending... I haven't seen the film, so don't know what ending the story was given in that format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 I hadn't thought about interpreting the ending that way at all. I think you should continue to believe what you want to believe. The movie ends the same way as the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freewheeling Andy Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 The odd thing here is that I thought the ending was ambiguous, but really never thought of it as a hallucination from a dying child. The ambiguity for me was whether the family was actually what they seemed, or was the son finally going to become a victim of his naive optimism and be taken advantage of by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ooshie Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 (edited) Yet another interpretation for me to think about, Freewheeling Andy! When the man first appeared, I had assumed that would be what would happen, but as I say, by the time actually ended I was believing the boy had actually found a family that would look after him. Edited March 18, 2010 by Ooshie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arewenearlythere Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 The odd thing here is that I thought the ending was ambiguous, but really never thought of it as a hallucination from a dying child. The ambiguity for me was whether the family was actually what they seemed, or was the son finally going to become a victim of his naive optimism and be taken advantage of by them. I agree, I felt the book ended on a sombre note. While I did not feel that the family was suspect, I did feel that tragedy would repeat itself over and over (although the girl signified a tiny seed of hope) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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