No Country for Old Men

The 1996 film Lone Star, written and directed by John Sayles, is a neo-western suspense thriller set in Rio County, TX on the Mexican/American border. Chris Cooper plays a county sheriff, Sam Deeds, who returns home after his father, sheriff Buddy Deeds, played by Matthew McConaughey, has passed away. After returning home, Sam begins an investigation into the death of Charlie Wade, the long-missing and former sheriff of Rio County played by Kris Kristofferson. During his investigation, Sam…

Ahjussi (아저씨), also known by it’s English title The Man from Nowhere, is an action packed, thriller film starring Won Bin as the movie’s protagonist, Cha Tae Sik. The movie was released on August 4, 2010 and was directed by Lee Jeong Bum. The story begin with Cha Tae Sik, the owner of a pawnshop, who lives by himself and leads a quiet life. He is a quiet man and does not have any friends except for a little girl, Somi, who lives next door with her mom. Somi frequents the pawn shop, often selling…

McCarthy’s The Road and No Country for Old Men deals with the concept of good versus evil very uniquely and different from each other. Sheriff Bell and the Father are trying their very best to maintain peace and balance in their chaotic environments. The idea of good versus evil is introduced in both these novels from the beginning, gradually this battle becomes clear cut both Sheriff Bell and the Father have to face it head on. In Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men, Sheriff Bell…

In Cormac McCarthy’s book No Country for Old Men, there is a certain character that stands out from the rest of the characters. That character’s name is Anton Chigurh. Anton Chigurh is hired to retrieve the case of money that Llewellyn Moss took by any means necessary. Chigurh is described as a cold and calculated killer who will eliminate anybody that gets in his way. Even though Anton Chigurh kills, steals, and works for a leader of a drug gang, he possesses values, skills, and principles that…

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…

organization that one can still do wonderful things while they are growing older. Padraig grows hard of hearing and begins losing some of his memory during the film, however, he still is strongly pursuing peacemaking and continues to travel to other countries in conflict to promote reconciliation. He has written books, as well. He does many amazing things and he does not let aging stop him.…

"No Country For Old Men" and "Back to The Future 3" I personally think that the movies "No Country For Old Men" and "Back to The Future 3" have many similarities. On the other hand, they also have quite a few differences. For example, they both represent a change in time, the main characters go through a dramatic life changing moment, finally, they both have to do right morally and ethically. Some differences are, corruption was involved in one of the movies and not the other, one movie shows…

Faulkner and Herman Melville • Read Moby Dick at a young age • Time in military influenced morbidity of writing Influences Books I Chose • No Country for Old Men: Won the National Book Award • All the Pretty Horses: New York Times bestseller, won National Book Award • The Road: Pulitzer Prize and James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction No Country for Old Men • Based on the Mexican-Texas border • Main Characters…

What is fate? How can fate control our lives? Should we believe in fate? In the play, Oedipus the King illustrated by Sophocles and the movie, No Country for Old Man, directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, there is a similarity of the theme of fate due to free will. On the other hand, Sophocles expresses that Oedipus was fated with pride that kept him blind from seeing the truth. Whereas, the director of the movie conveys that a person gets to make choices in life but at last life ends in…

No Country for the Old Generation We have all heard the classic lines the elderly pull like “Kids theses days...” and “ When I was your age...” It seems that every generation believes that the next generation is the worst and that the world that they hold on to in memories has taken a nosedive. But. is this true? In Cormac McCarthy's No Country For Old Men Ed Tom Bell, the older sheriff confirms this behavior. Bell is astonished at how corrupt and evil the world he once loved has become. Sheriff…