In the Country of Men

In Cormac McCarthy’s 2005 bestseller, No Country for Old Men, he presents the reader with an exploration of human depravity through the lives of three main characters. While two of these integral characters, Anton Chigurh and Llewelyn Moss, clearly display what society would identify as vice, Shariff Ed Tom Bell is presented as a weathered, virtuous man, who struggles to reconcile himself to the ever-expanding presence of evil in the world. Despite McCarthy’s use of Bell as a type of moral…

Within the 2007 film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel No Country for Old Men, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell is attempting to help Moss, a man who stole money from a drug deal gone bad, evade the vengeance of Chigurh, a dangerous hitman. The Coen brothers, who directed the film, acknowledge that the novel’s title is a representation of the sheriff’s perspective, but in contrast with the novel, the focus of the movie is the multiple characters’ viewpoints about Chigurh and their reactions to him.…

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…

discusses in depth literary devices and their meanings. After reading Fosters novel and going on to reading No Country for Old men by Cormac McCarthy the main literary devices and themes conveyed were, geography, Christ figures, and violence. McCarthy uses these devices and themes to attract the reader to think about the book on a deeper level. In the novel No Country for Old Men the geography sets the tone for many scenes. The novel shows the West as a lawless place were evil and…

The Coen brothers both wrote and directed the film, No Country for Old Men, that premiered in 2007. Within the first scene the tone of the movie was set. The secluded desert is the opening scene. Silent, dark, and mysterious with little to no signs of anyone around. As the sun rises so does signs of civilization. Showing different times of day in the same location. It then shifts to an officer of the law with a man he has under arrest. After putting him in the car he places the man’s belongings…

Turning the Tables: Exploring How Perceived Female Powerlessness can be a Survival Tool or Cause Submission in a Patriarchal Society Hisham Matar’s novel In the Country of Men presents a young woman and mother, Najwa, who is surviving in a world ruled by men. Scheherazade, the protagonist of Richard F. Burton’s The Book Of The Thousand Nights And A Night, faces a similar predicament of trying to be successful in an intricately oppressive society. Examining the lives, choices, and actions of…

Stress and Anxiety Created by Sound of the Lack of Sound in No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men’s sound design enhances the theme of hunter vs. hunted by creating anxiety, suspense and many other emotions. Dialog in a move is an important factor for themes. With certain dialog one can tell where a person live, what personality they have and what hobbies they may partake in. In No Country for Old Men two phrases in the first half hour of the movie show you that Anton Chigure and…

mistakes or blatantly wrong choices because of the fact that humans are imperfect beings. Cormac McCarthy’s stellar novel, No Country for Old Men examines this concept, along with the role of religion in one’s life. But, instead of merely discussing the topic of religion, McCarthy highlights the concept through then novel’s violent antagonist, Anton Chigurh. In No Country for Old Men, the actions and journey of Anton Chigurh highlights the animosity Chigurh feels towards those in society, while…

The Power of men In the Libyan Society The novel In the Country of Men by Hisham Matar tells a story about a nine-year old boy, Suleiman, living within a male dominated society. The author uses various aspects of Libyan society and the gender roles within them to represent what it meant to be a man. Suleiman witnesses the power difference between male and females in a totalitarian society, and through his observations; Suleiman craves the same power. The way Suleiman perceives the male figures…

everything is resolved. A western movie usually takes place in 19 century. When someone thinks western they thing of people riding around in horses and hanging out in a bar. The bad guys are usually Indians and the good guys are Americans. No Country for Old Men applies some of these parts of the old west. You see Moss riding around hunting for food. But then you see cars, something a person would have never seen back in the…