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When the boy and the man stumble upon a bunker filled with food and supplies. There is a little hesitation from the boy. He questions if this is really ok to take. I wanted to analyze the fathers responses to these questions. First the boy asks if it’s real, and I think McCarthy kind of plays with his voice a little bit. “Oh yes. It’s real” it’s almost like he’s still in disbelief. When he continues his sentence it’s like he knows that the boy might question why it’s there or if it’s even ok to take. He says “It’s here because somebody thought it might be needed” and when the boy asks “But they didn’t get to use it” and asks if it’s okay for them to take the dad says “They would want us to. Just like we would want them to”. He speaks for the dead and later gives the good guy treatment to them. They are good because they died and left all this for us. They are good because we got an advantage from their misfortune.