The Boy had complete faith in his father until their meeting with the first cannibal they came across; the first cannibal the Boy has ever seen. With each new experience that shows the reality of the world they live in, the boy becomes cautious, wary of everything, and doubts what his father, the Man, does. When the Boy seems to hit an all-time low in his faith for his father (when they're going through periods of silence), the Boy and the Man get into an insightful conversation that ends with this:
"You dont believe me."
"I believe you."
"Okay."
"I always believe you."
"I dont think so."
"Yes I do. I have to."
This quote shows that the Boy really does have faith (and trust) in his father and claims it to even be mandatory. Also, this excerpt can be used to argue that reality has set into the Boy (that having been why he's been non- communicative towards his father) and that he's realized that the father is all he has in this world.
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