Cormac McCarthy and Death
By: Ben Sershen
History of Cormac McCarthy • Was born in Rhode Island on July 20, 1933
• He attended the University of Tennessee in 1951 and joined the U.S. Air Force in 1953, serving for four years
• Has been married a total of 3 times and his youngest son, John Francis was the inspiration for his book The Road
• Now regarded as one of America’s top Novelists
• William Faulkner and Herman Melville • Read Moby Dick at a young age • Time in military influenced morbidity of writing
Influences
Books I Chose • No Country for Old Men: Won the National Book Award
• All the Pretty Horses: New York Times bestseller, won National Book Award
• The Road: Pulitzer Prize and James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
No Country for Old Men • Based on the Mexican-Texas border
• Main Characters …show more content…
• Disjointed at first with lack of punctuation and constant switching of POV
• Ethos: • Characters show morals and ethics when making behavioral choices
• Use of language to match the setting of the plot
• Pathos: • Sherriff Bell’s affection for the men he commands and his effort to protect Moss and his wife
• Logos: • Characters weigh the cause and effect of decisions throughout the story
No Country for Old Men Summary • Moss stumbles upon satchel containing $2.4 million
• Leaves town with wife Carla Jean
• Sherriff Bell investigates crime scene and makes it his quest to protect Moss
• Chigurh hunts Moss to retrieve the money
• Carson Wells, also trying to retrieve the money, gives Moss a number to call when he’s “had enough” • Chigurh kills Wells and tells Moss that he’ll kill Carla Jean if he doesn’t surrender
• Moss is killed at a motel by a band of Mexicans and Chigurh retrieves the satchel
• Chigurh kills Carla Jean after flipping a coin
• Bell retires after he fails to capture Chigurh
• Book ends with Bell depicting two dreams he has about his father
Death in No Country for Old Men • Occurrence throughout book • Anton Chigurh kills nearly everyone he
By: Ben Sershen
History of Cormac McCarthy • Was born in Rhode Island on July 20, 1933
• He attended the University of Tennessee in 1951 and joined the U.S. Air Force in 1953, serving for four years
• Has been married a total of 3 times and his youngest son, John Francis was the inspiration for his book The Road
• Now regarded as one of America’s top Novelists
• William Faulkner and Herman Melville • Read Moby Dick at a young age • Time in military influenced morbidity of writing
Influences
Books I Chose • No Country for Old Men: Won the National Book Award
• All the Pretty Horses: New York Times bestseller, won National Book Award
• The Road: Pulitzer Prize and James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction
No Country for Old Men • Based on the Mexican-Texas border
• Main Characters …show more content…
• Disjointed at first with lack of punctuation and constant switching of POV
• Ethos: • Characters show morals and ethics when making behavioral choices
• Use of language to match the setting of the plot
• Pathos: • Sherriff Bell’s affection for the men he commands and his effort to protect Moss and his wife
• Logos: • Characters weigh the cause and effect of decisions throughout the story
No Country for Old Men Summary • Moss stumbles upon satchel containing $2.4 million
• Leaves town with wife Carla Jean
• Sherriff Bell investigates crime scene and makes it his quest to protect Moss
• Chigurh hunts Moss to retrieve the money
• Carson Wells, also trying to retrieve the money, gives Moss a number to call when he’s “had enough” • Chigurh kills Wells and tells Moss that he’ll kill Carla Jean if he doesn’t surrender
• Moss is killed at a motel by a band of Mexicans and Chigurh retrieves the satchel
• Chigurh kills Carla Jean after flipping a coin
• Bell retires after he fails to capture Chigurh
• Book ends with Bell depicting two dreams he has about his father
Death in No Country for Old Men • Occurrence throughout book • Anton Chigurh kills nearly everyone he