I'm confused why The Road is said to be such great literature. Half the book is " Kid: Daddy, I'm scared. Dad: Don't be scared. " What's really funny is how

I'm confused why The Road is said to be such great literature. Half the book is " Kid: Daddy, I'm scared. Dad: Don't be scared. " What's really funny is how it has become an all purpose meme for a bad future if we don't go along with whatever the latest political program is. Klaus Schwab even references it in his recent book "The Grand Narrative" as an alternative future that will come to pass if we don't do everything right even though the future disaster, from the hints given in The Road, is clearly not climate change.