Always Together, Never Apart

Starvation, coldness, fear, the old man, the boat, the beach, the thief, the dead, the little boy, the people, escape. They had been through too much. But they were always together. The man always held his child next to him. He protected him from all the bad things. The man did everything he could to save himself and his little boy from the cannibals and mainly everything.

"He knew only that the child was his warrant." (5)

The boy was the only reason the father could go on. He had already lost his wife, and the only thing he had left was his son. He wasn't just only his son, he was his life, his hope, his everything. The boy also only had his father. Unlike the little boy they had found, he had his father to protect him and look out for him. The father trained his son in case he died, but at least I never expected for him to use his training. Not until the man was shot. He kept going for a while, but the situation was complicated. Both of them knew the man would die. Everything they had done now seemed like nothing. All the sacrifices were now going to be lost. But no. The father wouldn's permit his son to die with him.

"You need to keep going... You'll be lucky again... You have to carry the fire [that's] inside you. It was always there. I can see it". (278)

It was all about faith now. The father knew his son would be alright. He had learned and now he would have to do it on his own. But never alone though. He promised the kid he would never leave him. "You can talk to me and I'll talk to you", (279) the man said to his child. Just as the man had said, the child would be lucky again. He found the good guys. A man that kept his promise and woman that now cared about him.

His father was right. They would always be together, never apart.