Chigurh Sparknotes

Money also drew a line between the rich and the poor. The rich due to their wealth determined the fate of the poor such as Chigurh. Chigurh was a hit man meaning that he made a living out of killing people. The rich people who hired him to carry out the killings sealed his fate as a ruthless murderer. This makes him kill almost anyone he comes across in his quest to recover the money from Moss. After getting into an accident as he was fleeing, Chigurh paid off the witness to remain silent and for a shirt he took from him. Because of the payout, the man does not reveal what he saw to anyone and Chigurh gets to flee with the money.

In the film, Chigurh is a tool of fate. Chigurh who is a psychopathic killer receives a job offer to retrieve the money from Moss at all costs. During his hunt for Moss, he determines the fate of several people by murdering them in cold blood. I.e. he murders the Mexicans who were also hunting Moss for the money; he kills Wells who was his replacement for the job. In the film, we also see Chigurh tossing the coin to determine whether to kill the man in the gas station or not. He also approaches Carla with the suggestion of the game however she refuses to participate and tells him that she was aware that it was his choice to either kill her or let her live.
In the film, Chigurh uses an air gun to kill his victims. The air powered bolt gun is among the tools used in slaughterhouses to kill the cattle quickly and effectively. Chigurh uses this weapon to evade the cops since it leaves no evidence behind that could link the crime to him. Chigurh had killed so many people and preferred this weapon as it delivered quick deaths to the victims. He also used it to break into people’s houses like when he used it to burst the locks at Moss’s hotel room and other places. Chigurh was psychopathic and his use of this weapon proved that he did not value human life at