Real to life lessons

Throughout this novel the author has done a very good job of not just entertaining the reader but teaching the reader.  McCarthy notices the fact that not every person is taught everything by their parents and he decides to teach the reader instead.  One of the biggest lessons that McCarthy has is that of consequences, no matter what the decission is there is always a consequence after.  Not all consequences are bad but they do change the way everything happens afterward.  Things like don`t take something that is not yours because there will always be a consequence that will follow.  Another way to look at it is that of everything good someone does they will usually be repaid in a good way.  Life is all about these decisions and consequences and every human being must live their life with this lesson in the back of their mind.