No Country for Old Men Analysis
In the movie,” No Country for Old Men” Llewelyn Moss is out hunting when he notices the aftermath of a drug deal gone bad. and finds a case containing 2 million dollars. After he finds the case of money, he is chased by some cartel members until he eventually dips into the river and escapes. The rest of the movie, Moss tries to outrun a crazy killer named Chigurh that has Antisocial Personality Disorder.
Chigurh is without a doubt, the textbook example of someone with APD. The symptoms of APD include failure to obey societal norms, aggressiveness, disregard for other people's rights, and lack of remorse. Considering that he is an infamous hit man, Chigurh displays behavior like this constantly throughout the …show more content…
Earlier in the movie, Chigurh threatens to kill Llewelyn’s wife if he didn’t bring him the money. Llewelyn was then killed and consequently did not bring the money to Chigurh. So since Llewelyn never gave him the money, Chigurh thought he would still carry through with the deal and kill Carla Jean. However, when Chigurh arrives at Carla’s house she tells him that she is a widow, can’t pay the bills, and just buried her mother, yet Chigurh says the best he can do is to again, flip a coin for her fate. After she refuses to call it, there is a scene of Chigurh walking out of the house, and stopping to check the soles of his feet. That shot was most likely implying that he did, infact, kill Carla Jean. Once again, Chigurh confirms his mental disorder by disregarding all of the turmoil that has recently happened in Carla’s life, and decides to kill her anyways. Again this directly aligns with the symptoms of antisocial personality disorder because he doesn’t hesitate to kill this poor girl, even though he gains nothing from doing
In the movie,” No Country for Old Men” Llewelyn Moss is out hunting when he notices the aftermath of a drug deal gone bad. and finds a case containing 2 million dollars. After he finds the case of money, he is chased by some cartel members until he eventually dips into the river and escapes. The rest of the movie, Moss tries to outrun a crazy killer named Chigurh that has Antisocial Personality Disorder.
Chigurh is without a doubt, the textbook example of someone with APD. The symptoms of APD include failure to obey societal norms, aggressiveness, disregard for other people's rights, and lack of remorse. Considering that he is an infamous hit man, Chigurh displays behavior like this constantly throughout the …show more content…
Earlier in the movie, Chigurh threatens to kill Llewelyn’s wife if he didn’t bring him the money. Llewelyn was then killed and consequently did not bring the money to Chigurh. So since Llewelyn never gave him the money, Chigurh thought he would still carry through with the deal and kill Carla Jean. However, when Chigurh arrives at Carla’s house she tells him that she is a widow, can’t pay the bills, and just buried her mother, yet Chigurh says the best he can do is to again, flip a coin for her fate. After she refuses to call it, there is a scene of Chigurh walking out of the house, and stopping to check the soles of his feet. That shot was most likely implying that he did, infact, kill Carla Jean. Once again, Chigurh confirms his mental disorder by disregarding all of the turmoil that has recently happened in Carla’s life, and decides to kill her anyways. Again this directly aligns with the symptoms of antisocial personality disorder because he doesn’t hesitate to kill this poor girl, even though he gains nothing from doing