Yes, I agree with this analysis. It comes pretty near what I sense from the text, without knowing, obviously, what McCarthy intended. In the first of the massacres, where Glanton exhorts that none be left alive, The Kid clearly offers help to McGill and Glanton tells him to get away from him, then shoots McGill. I believe this to be the moment that changes The Kid, even though their is scant evidence in the text, really. The Kid continues to offer small kindnesses to the other gang members after this. In my mind's eye, I see The Kid during this first massacre, wandering dumbfounded by the violence, unable to participate and thereby revealing his dim inner light to Glanton and The Judge. Lost and alone at the end of the book, The Kid is unconnected to anyone or anything and heads for the equivalent of Sodom or Gomorrah, where he of course meets The Judge who gives his final judgement. The Judge has won and The Kid loses everything.
Lost and alone at the end of the book, The Kid is unconnected to anyone or anything and heads for the equivalent of Sodom or Gomorrah, where he of course meets The Judge who gives his final judgement. The Judge has won and The Kid loses everything.