Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men follows three men on a wild chase through the borders. While on a hunting endeavor, Llewelyn Moss discovers the scene of a drug deal gone wrong. As he investigates the scene, he finds 1.4 million dollars and decides to take it. Upon taking the money, he seals his fate with a brutal killer named Anton Chiguhr. As Moss is running from Chigur, the old Sheriff, Ed Tom Bell is chasing them. These men display three different personalities and mannerisms. The three main characters in Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men represent three different generations.
Ed Tom Bell is Sheriff for a small town along the border of Arizona. He is very calm but also very determined in finding out what is going on in his …show more content…
Chiguhr is an ex-special operations solider that has something angry raging deep inside driving him to kill for his fancy. “…Greed, pride, machismo, and unexplained evil would seem to indicate that we are witnessing just one more way for humans to destroy each other”. Throughout this movie it is implied that this generation to be the end of the world. There is the suggestion that the monster that is the new generation starts with the loss of common courtesies, “It began with the loss of manners, says Bell…”. McCarthy shows us that Chiguhr is not the only monster in his generation but also shows how evil in position of power is worse. Chiguhr displays brutality with ease throughout the movie. “A brutal killer who wants the money back and wants to see the boy dead, a killer who may prove the old rule that someone has to be the baddest man in the world”. Chiguhr is a killer who displays no sign of emotion throughout the movie, he only displays calm efficiency in his profession. Chiguhr was made for the new generation and narcotics business, “A new kind of criminal, a monster created by and for the narcotics trade. He’s a killer devoid of mercy or conscience or soul, driven by the greed and joy he derives from the power to murder”. When analyzing the film a bit more carefully it is apparent that Chiguhr and his associates are just the beginning. Anton Chiguhr, his clients, rivals, and most of all his victims are the new age of
Ed Tom Bell is Sheriff for a small town along the border of Arizona. He is very calm but also very determined in finding out what is going on in his …show more content…
Chiguhr is an ex-special operations solider that has something angry raging deep inside driving him to kill for his fancy. “…Greed, pride, machismo, and unexplained evil would seem to indicate that we are witnessing just one more way for humans to destroy each other”. Throughout this movie it is implied that this generation to be the end of the world. There is the suggestion that the monster that is the new generation starts with the loss of common courtesies, “It began with the loss of manners, says Bell…”. McCarthy shows us that Chiguhr is not the only monster in his generation but also shows how evil in position of power is worse. Chiguhr displays brutality with ease throughout the movie. “A brutal killer who wants the money back and wants to see the boy dead, a killer who may prove the old rule that someone has to be the baddest man in the world”. Chiguhr is a killer who displays no sign of emotion throughout the movie, he only displays calm efficiency in his profession. Chiguhr was made for the new generation and narcotics business, “A new kind of criminal, a monster created by and for the narcotics trade. He’s a killer devoid of mercy or conscience or soul, driven by the greed and joy he derives from the power to murder”. When analyzing the film a bit more carefully it is apparent that Chiguhr and his associates are just the beginning. Anton Chiguhr, his clients, rivals, and most of all his victims are the new age of