Chigurh’s personality was one of the main reasons why there was so much violence in the story. Carson Wells said “He’s a peculiar man. You could even say that he has principles. Principles that transcend money or drugs or anything like that.” (McCarthy 153). Wells was telling Moss that what Chigurh was doing wasn’t just for the money and drugs. Chigurh believed what he was doing was for something better than those things; something that justified all of the violence that he inflicted on others. Chigurh didn’t shy away from the effects of what he did to others. McCarthy wrote “Chigurh shot him through the forehead and stood watching. Watching the capillaries break up in his eyes.” (McCarthy
Chigurh’s personality was one of the main reasons why there was so much violence in the story. Carson Wells said “He’s a peculiar man. You could even say that he has principles. Principles that transcend money or drugs or anything like that.” (McCarthy 153). Wells was telling Moss that what Chigurh was doing wasn’t just for the money and drugs. Chigurh believed what he was doing was for something better than those things; something that justified all of the violence that he inflicted on others. Chigurh didn’t shy away from the effects of what he did to others. McCarthy wrote “Chigurh shot him through the forehead and stood watching. Watching the capillaries break up in his eyes.” (McCarthy