All except eating other people.
The travelers have come across two scenarios in which cannibalism was involved. The first occurrence was in the fancy house. Exploring the basement, the man discovered several helpless people trapped inside. After encountering more people that chased them out, the son questions the man about the situation.
"They're going to kill those people, aren't they?"
"Yes."
..."And they're going to eat them, aren't they?"
"Yes."
"And we couldn't help the because they would eat us too."
"Yes."-pg. 127
Later, the boy goes as far as asking if they would ever resort to eating other people. The man answers, "No. Of course not," because "we're the good guys," and "we're carrying the fire." -pg. 128-129
I feel as though this was an appropriate response to child because he doesn't want to frighten him by telling him the harsh reality of what people actually do to stay alive.
The second occurrence happened when they spotted a group of travelers sitting around a fire. Something scares the group off and the man and the boy go to inspect the area. The boy finds an infant's head roasting on the fire. He feels sorry for the baby because he thinks that he could have been saved. The man is disgusted that someone as young as the boy has to have an image such as this imprinted into his mind forever.
If I were involved in a life or death situation such as this, and the only way to continue to survive we're to consume another human being, I would do it. I may not like it, but I'd do it, even through the risk of disease and infection. The only problem I have with this is that I don't feel like a person should be murdered and then consumed. I think the person should die of natural causes beforehand.
The second occurrence happened when they spotted a group of travelers sitting around a fire. Something scares the group off and the man and the boy go to inspect the area. The boy finds an infant's head roasting on the fire. He feels sorry for the baby because he thinks that he could have been saved. The man is disgusted that someone as young as the boy has to have an image such as this imprinted into his mind forever.
If I were involved in a life or death situation such as this, and the only way to continue to survive we're to consume another human being, I would do it. I may not like it, but I'd do it, even through the risk of disease and infection. The only problem I have with this is that I don't feel like a person should be murdered and then consumed. I think the person should die of natural causes beforehand.
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