Why did they burn the house exactly?

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My exact thought. I guess Eva could come up with a stupid idea like that and think it makes sense. She doesn't exactly seem too bright and acts on emotions rather than logic. Nell on the other hand, seems resourceful, sensible and intelligent (most of the time). How she didn't ask her sister to put down the damn gas, take care of her kid, and leave the thinking to her, is beyond me.

Why did they burn down the house? Because it was a *beep* house. Any house that freaking falls apart in three months deserves to be burnt down! :P And who uses so much glass when building in the woods??

Also black mold is really bad for your baby, but living in the rain in the open forest is super kewl and healthy for a new born baby.

I think this has more of a symbolic meaning as in letting go of the past and moving on.

As far as the abandoned houses go ... Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there only one abandoned house they drive by with their dad? And this was almost 2 years ago, plus we don't really know how far it is.

I'm assuming that Eva is still heavily traumatized by the rape and afraid of Stan coming back, that's why she would rather see that people who knew them think they're dead.

They probably took some of the most important things from the house and went for the tree. However, it doesn't mean they are going to stay there. Perhaps they decide to stay there for a few weeks and then head for Boston.

I do, however, think they could've waited a day or two and not go out in the pouring rain with a newborn.

No idea. This ending completely drew me out of the story. It made no sense. Ooh I just had a baby... let's burn down our house and live in a tree!! That'll be safer for the baby than fixing the roof and cleaning out the mold. Literally anything else would've been a better idea than burning down their shelter, resources, information books, etc.

I'm annoyed that they chose THAT night, in the rain, to wander off but I think burning the house down is an attempt at gaining control over SOMEthing. Until that point they kept getting screwed over by things out of their control (dad dies, rape, house caving in).

The explanation given also made absolutely no sense to me. People will think they died in the fire? So what? If they're out in the woods, they couldn't care less what people think when they see the empty house.

It was falling apart, recent bad memories of being raped on that property, the fear of Stan coming back and knocking her up with a baby girl, signalling faraway help or just as she said, eliminating the possibility for some hostile person stumbling onto the property and nesting their own habitat in their mouldy falling apart house.

Why didn't they go to another abandoned house? because they would all very likely be in the same condition. It's the natural order of things, nature reclaims quickly. It happens with abandoned hospitals, asylums, mansions, other properties that have been abandoned in real life, you'll be surprised that it only takes less than a year for everything to fall apart, wallpapers peel within months, fungus settles, leaks are invited into the house through the roof. Doesn't matter how the house was built, it could be concrete, steel, or even a building, without proper maintenance nothing can withstand nature. If these girls were taught to be prepared for something like this by their father, they could of pilled up garbage bags or tarps over the roof, would of bought them a lot of time in that house, maybe delay mould for a few more months or longer if they had some silicone sealant for the doors and windows.

They goofed up one part in the movie, they been there for 15 months when winter should of appeared and it didn't. I was expecting snow.

I wouldn't be so quick to write off their fates, humans have survived worse conditions even dating back to the hunter gathering period. I lived a year out in the rockies, so it's not impossible, they are just living on borrowed time until things change, if not they'll die or survive the primitive way with health and hygiene problems, decaying teeth, etc... Anyways, it's just a movie based on a book, I'm sure they would of used everything in their garage at their disposal if they are capable of learning to eat from the land.



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