People who have decided to live lives of exploiting humans as slaves and for meat have banded together. There is power in number and human are extremely powerful in groups.
He encountered groups like that 3 times, if he lived at some point e and his son would surely have been caught. Too many close calls and he travelled on the actual road where groups like that did. That is the only place they could travel because they had trucks and wagons that transported their loot. You can only take those on the roads
It would have been worth the risk too befriend some fellow travellers. And try and form an alliance. Going it alone in that world is just a death sentence
by tipdrill541
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Pretty much everything is a death sentence. Trying to make a group is not an exception. Anyway, the point of the book isn’t thinking about how he/they *could* have survived. That’s just not the kind of story it is. It’s about a short trip through a bleak world where human goodness can’t be assumed or trusted.
Who’s to say he hadn’t tried before? Granted it’s been years since I read this book but IIRC it doesn’t encompass everything that happens “before.” Perhaps they had tried and needed to escape. Perhaps they tried and everyone died.
And honestly, people in groups have various levels of corruption and abuse. He probably just wanted to make sure his son was safe and not influenced by anyone else.
Could you trust others in his shoes?
(Which might be the point of the book…do you trust humanity?)
Well that would completely ruin the book so…
Have you even seen The Walking Dead?
Sure, I think you’re missing the point a little though. The intense lack of trust from the dad is just part of his character that heavily informs the way his dialogue is written
I mean, a massive theme in the novel is the need for human connection and that’s not something “Dad” does, except with “Son.”