In Cormac McCarthy's The Road, a father and son struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world surrounded by evil. They always refer to themselves as “The Good Guys” (McCarthy 66) and try not to become evil. They see things like cannibalism as evil and would rather go hungry than succumb to this evil. The father constantly tries to avert the child's gaze from the gruesome scenes that characterize this environment. When they think of themselves as good guys, they refrain from doing anything wrong. Erik J. Wielenberg explains it best when he lists the rules of good guys. He lists them as follows: "1. Don't eat people. 2. Don't steal. 3. Don't lie. 4. Keep your promises. 5. Help others. 6. Never give up." (Wielenberg 4). All these rules also have biblical implications behind them. These rules are taught by the father to his son. Even if the father doesn't always follow them. The first rule is that father and son are never broken. The rule "Don't eat people" is what makes them different from the whole world. The biblical reason for this rule is, “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of thine mind, that thou mayest prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God,” King James Version, Romans 12: 2). They believe that if they don't eat people, like pretty much everyone else in this world, they won't become evil. At one point they are on the verge of starvation when they see what can only be described in chilling detail as follows: "What the boy had seen was a charred, headless, disemboweled and blackened human child on a spit" (McCarthy 103) . . When they see this sight grizzlies do not succumb to searching for the body, as most others on this earth would, but run away from the sight. This shows that they have real humanity within them. Father and son follow the second rule "Don't do it