Quote

" I dont know what that would mean. What luck would look like. Who would know such a thing?"(McCarthy,174)

This quote happens as the old man is departing from the man and the boy. He will not wish them luck, because he does not believe in it. This may be due to the fact that in a harsh and desolate world such as this, there is no such thing as luck. When they first meet the man, he thinks them to be robbers, because maybe he has had no luck before, and been robbed and beaten. However, this quote is also quite ironic, because the old man did not believe in luck, yet he was lucky enough to meet the boy, and the man. they gave him dinner, a fire to be warm by, and even food for the road. There may be an absence of luck in this world, but if you wait long enough, it will come to you.