Character Analysis Of Chiguurh In No Country For Old Men

I recently read the novel, No Country for Old Men. It was a very interesting and surprising novel for me to read. It was something that I have never read before. The plot and characters were interesting, especially Chigurh. I would have the say that Chigurh is my favorite character, not because he committed violent and horrendous acts, but because he is a very peculiar character. He is a unique character that I have never encountered before. In the novel, No Country for Old Men, Chigurh’s thoughts, words, actions and habits lead to the formation of his character, a character of violence and villainy. The author did a great job of creating a character that is hard to figure out. There is not much said about Chigurh within the novel. He talks when he does, doesn’t really have thoughts and doesn’t have a …show more content…
In the example above, Chigurh conveyed this thoughts through his words, and through his words, he starts to act; his action is killing Wells. Chigurh continues to ask these questions that Wells has no idea how to answer them or what it is for. He tells him that there is nothing to reflect or confess on. Chigurh determines that Wells is not justified for living and thus takes action. Since his words didn’t reach Wells, he has decided to take action upon himself and kill Wells. His words are transformed to actions and then transformed to habits.
Throughout the novel, Chigurh is supposedly known, by the reader, to kill as a habit. His character formation begins when he thinks he can judge whether someone can live or not, and then he conveys his thoughts to words, to questions he ask other characters to get what he wants from them. From conveying his words, it leads him taking action and killing other characters. As Chigurh starts killing characters one by one, its starts to become a habit, a habit that doesn’t affect him. He can kill anyone, anytime and not feel anything. Chigurh has now become a character, within the novel, a