Reflecting on the profound lesson of 'carrying the fire' from The Road

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Exploring the significance of 'carrying the fire' through a father's emotional farewell in Cormac McCarthy's The Road, highlighting the essential values and strength children need to navigate life's hardships and uncertainties.

“The last pages of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road are about the hardest thing any father will ever have to read. The man is dying. He knows it. He knows it means leaving his boy alone—alone in a terrible world. He knows he has just a few minutes left to teach, to prepare his son for life without him. What does he does? What does he say?”

Using this example from Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road,” Ryan explains why we should teach our children about the goodness that is already within them, on today’s Daily Dad podcast.

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