The sextant and flares the father finds on the wrecked boat serve as important symbols in The Road. At one point navigators used sextants to traverse the seas, only now without stars (hope) to guide us, the beauty of the sextant becomes worthless. The flares directly relate to the notion of "carrying the fire."
Other interesting symbols include the can of Coke, the shopping cart, and several of the abandoned, crumbling houses.
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