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Originally Posted by BuckinKaeding
Also IMO, Josh Brolin's character knew that he was going to die or at least get shot at at some point, hence him being so strapped.
I think that it makes sense that it happened at a pretty random time because it can happen at any time. I don't think its necessary to see him getting killed.
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That's sort of the way I took it. If you read McCarthy's books one of his themes is that human life is really worth nothing on the planet to other people. Sort of like, you can be here one minute and gone the next, and when it comes down to it nobody really gives a damn if you're alive or dead. To me, the way Brolin's character's death was portrayed was McCarthy's way of saying he's just another worthless crumb on the planet. And that's one of the things that gets Tommy Lee Jones's character down in the book and film- nobody cares anymore. Human life isn't worth shite to anyone and there's fewer and fewer good people.
The scene at the end when Tommy Lee Jones talks about the dream of his father is him saying guys like his dad that fought the good fight, and stood for good vs. evil are disappearing, and Lee is throwing in the towel. He says something about his dad carrying a lamp or torch. It's a symbol McCarthy uses in other books. In "The Road" the father and son say they're "carrying the fire", as in, they're representing some of the last few good people that still survive on earth.