After their encounter with the bad guys in the truck, the man and the boy return to their sight of conflict to reclaim their cart. Unfortunately, they find the cart knocked over and missing almost all of the things it contained. Due to this occurrence, their food source has now become greatly limited and their survival rates have gone down. Although most would be afraid in this situation, the father continues his optimistic approach and tells the boy that everything will be alright and that they will not die. The boy is now becoming more quiet as he faces the reality of the world.
As the boy and father continue their journey they come across a little town setting in which the father sees smoke off in the distance. Due to their absence of food, they go in town to search for something to eat. They search everything available, but no food is to be found; the only lively thing noted was a faint bark of a dog that the boy hears. In the morning they returned to the town and in their search the boy appears to see a little boy around the same age of him and precedes in trying to chase after him. The boy finds nothing and is quickly found by the father who is a little stirred up by his actions. The father's son on the other hand, is more interested in the other boy's safety than his own which shows the father's son constant feeling of selflessness.
A few days after they leave the town the boy and father are walking down the road when the father sees people coming behind them. The figures off in the distance have red scarves on and are described as holding long piping with metal chains attached to them. Following them is a large carriage pulled by multiple slaves and a multitude of women who appear to be concubines of the leaders. The man explains to the boy that those are the bad guys, and they are the good guys. As night draws near a harsh snow is falling and the lack of food is causing the boy to doubt there survival. The father makes camp in the unbearably cold forest, only to be awakened by the cacophony of falling trees. Instantly the boy and father must scurry to avoid being crushed by the trees. In the morning the father and boy found the cart and used the blankets to create insulation for themselves, and were forced to separate from the cart and depart on their journey without it. The reality is finally settling in and the boy is becoming doubtful, and the thoughts are only made worse due to the absence of a food supply.
This section of the book for some reason really caught my attention. Although not a lot of eventful occurrences happened, I learned a lot of insight about the characters. The boy is constantly feeling the need to help others which is truly not logical in the conditions they are in. To be honest the book is almost depressing because in normal literature a character has a good rise and then is struck by something bad but is able to overcome the obstacle in the end. In this book, however, problem after problem is occurring and although they overcome these situations, they tend to come out of them with less and less. This idea is only more solidified with the boys innocent mind becoming more pessimistic as he begins to doubt life itself. I'm hoping this book will start to have some relief soon because its beginning to have so many hardships that it's going to start affecting my thoughts and ideals.
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