No Country for the Old Generation
We have all heard the classic lines the elderly pull like “Kids theses days...” and “ When I was your age...” It seems that every generation believes that the next generation is the worst and that the world that they hold on to in memories has taken a nosedive. But. is this true? In Cormac McCarthy's No Country For Old Men Ed Tom Bell, the older sheriff confirms this behavior. Bell is astonished at how corrupt and evil the world he once loved has become. Sheriff Bell symbolizes the older generation and their more conservative beliefs while Chigurh symbolizes the younger generation due to his lack of morality.
Bell is nostalgic, he envies the sheriffs that came before him. It is clear there is a generation gap
We have all heard the classic lines the elderly pull like “Kids theses days...” and “ When I was your age...” It seems that every generation believes that the next generation is the worst and that the world that they hold on to in memories has taken a nosedive. But. is this true? In Cormac McCarthy's No Country For Old Men Ed Tom Bell, the older sheriff confirms this behavior. Bell is astonished at how corrupt and evil the world he once loved has become. Sheriff Bell symbolizes the older generation and their more conservative beliefs while Chigurh symbolizes the younger generation due to his lack of morality.
Bell is nostalgic, he envies the sheriffs that came before him. It is clear there is a generation gap