"You wanted to know what the bad guys looked like. Now you know. It may happen again. My job is to take care of you. I was appointed to do that by God. I will kill anyone who touches you. Do you understand?
Yes.
He sat there cowled in the blanket. After a while he looked up. Are we still the good guys? he said.
Yes. We're still the good guys."
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This quote from the man shows the two's, specifically the child's, ongoing struggle to confirm that they are in fact the good guys fighting against the evil. The boy is repeatedly unsure of their moral status and is forever unnerved by his father's adamant refusals to help others in the wasteland. The quote also shows the fathers belief that his divine purpose on earth is to protect and guide his son at all costs. This paternal devotion to his son is what drives his the man and gives him the strength of mind to do whatever needs to be done to ensure the safety and survival of his son.
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