In the article Future Almost Lost: Dystopian Science-Fiction Film, the author brings up the fact that "The sublime intensity of The Road...[with] an ashen future landscape that principally expresses itself through the stratified chaos of the logic of sensational social collapse." We can easily tell from the opening scenes of how grim this society is just by looking at the appearance. Little to no life exists, animals cease living, food is extremely scarce, and many remaining humans are dangerous and show signs of cannibalism.
The Man and his son however, had to do what they must in order to survive.
In addition, I agreed with the author's point on how one must die in order for another to really begin their life. The death of the father, in our scenario, is simultaneously the time the son must grow up and learn to live on his own, although the boy is still fairly young.
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