The world of crime fiction is much different from the real world. In the classical crime fiction world, characters take on specific archetypes that are central to the genre, and plot devices and storylines are repeated and revamped with each author or director that presents the story. Roles like the femme fatale, the hardboiled detective, the wandering daughter, the sap, and the “big man” or “crime boss” are repeated over and over again to the point where audiences are able to perfectly distinguish which character takes on which role. Plot devices such as the McGuffin are also present in multiple crime fiction stories. Situations dealing with stolen money, drug deals, serial killers, selfish spouses, and others have also been presented to
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The film tells the tale of an average joe named Llewelyn Moss who discovers a large sum of money that was left behind at the site of a drug deal gone wrong. This film is approached in a cat-and-mouse pursuit style as Llewelyn is pursued by a serial killer named Anton Chigurh who is hired to recover the stolen …show more content…
Llewelyn and his wife, Carla Jean, are two examples of revamped archetypes. Llewelyn embodies a similar nature to Harry Fabian, the main character from the film “Night and the City.” Throughout both films, other characters comment upon their inexperience in the criminal world and therefore the characters appear innocent. However, until their deaths at the ends of their movies, both characters are able to survive the chase, outsmart the bad guys, and therefore appear apt for their positions in each story. However, Llewelyn Moss is a new twist on the confident yet incapable character that is exemplified in Harry Fabian. Harry cons people into helping him advance while Llewelyn is more resourceful and doesn’t want to take help from anyone. While Harry earns dishonest wealth in pursuit of the American dream of comfortable living, Llewelyn earns dishonest wealth by chance and then works honestly to hold onto that wealth in order to achieve the same American dream. Llewelyn is a sense of hope in the fatalistic world he is placed in as he holds onto his morals throughout the film by attempting to protect his wife and those who helped him along the way, rather than simply using them without care of their well-being as Fabian
The film tells the tale of an average joe named Llewelyn Moss who discovers a large sum of money that was left behind at the site of a drug deal gone wrong. This film is approached in a cat-and-mouse pursuit style as Llewelyn is pursued by a serial killer named Anton Chigurh who is hired to recover the stolen …show more content…
Llewelyn and his wife, Carla Jean, are two examples of revamped archetypes. Llewelyn embodies a similar nature to Harry Fabian, the main character from the film “Night and the City.” Throughout both films, other characters comment upon their inexperience in the criminal world and therefore the characters appear innocent. However, until their deaths at the ends of their movies, both characters are able to survive the chase, outsmart the bad guys, and therefore appear apt for their positions in each story. However, Llewelyn Moss is a new twist on the confident yet incapable character that is exemplified in Harry Fabian. Harry cons people into helping him advance while Llewelyn is more resourceful and doesn’t want to take help from anyone. While Harry earns dishonest wealth in pursuit of the American dream of comfortable living, Llewelyn earns dishonest wealth by chance and then works honestly to hold onto that wealth in order to achieve the same American dream. Llewelyn is a sense of hope in the fatalistic world he is placed in as he holds onto his morals throughout the film by attempting to protect his wife and those who helped him along the way, rather than simply using them without care of their well-being as Fabian