Sheriff Ed Tom Bell Analysis

In a similar fashion, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell goes through a personal journey, but with a more darker twist. The change of old times to new times brings about waves of improvement and advancement. However, as things improve, criminals and villains evolve into more vicious and violent beings. When facing his new case on the hitman Anton Chigurh, Sheriff Bell reflects on the habits of the olden days, “ I never had to kill nobody and I am very glad of that fact. Some of the old time sheriffs wouldn't even carry a firearm” (McCarthy, 63). Sheriff bell still holds on to the traditions of the olden days, and believe in the preconceived notion that his old ways would work in the new case, which would lead him to dangerous terrain. McCarthy warns that preconceived notions and steadfast belief in past ideas can lead to ignorance in a new time. By sticking to old belief and not changing along with the times, people risk the chance of losing out and being unprepared to face new problems. Time constantly changes
He chose to keep his moral and identity instead of losing his soul. By choosing to have his character drop out of the case, instead of further devolving into violence, McCarthy shows that it isn’t worth it to risk corrupting one’s own morality to face the new evil. He warns of how one who faces such monsters will turn into a monster themselves, lest they lose a part of themselves that they can never have back McCarthy uses of a biblical allusion of a “Prophet of Destruction” emphasizes the appearance of devilish and evil natured people in a new and modern world. McCarthy believes that just as satan would bring the apocalypse, these new evil would bring violence and destruction into the world. Furthermore, he questions just how war individuals must go to confront such violence and destruction, and what they must give up in