is a good at tracking and shooting a rifle. His past experience serving in the military shows that he works well under pressure. Moss has a relatively good chance at getting away with the money because of his experience and attributes. Besides Anton Chigurh‚ Moss is one of the few good characters who challenges death‚ continuously surviving in the face of danger. Moss had one goal which was to get out with his wife and money. Unfortunately‚ Moss is forced to make morally questionable decisions along
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sociopathic serial killer‚ Anton Chigurh (Pronounced “Shi-Gr”) It is only until he is severely injured that he realizes that he is going to die (Chigurh must inform him of this‚ Moss just accepts it) Despite Moss’s arrogance‚ stubbornness‚ and ignorance‚ readers become emotionally attached to Moss He never actually did any good in the story‚ but readers were given access to his thoughts In the end‚ just before Carla Jean’s death‚ we dislike Moss even more after Chigurh informs her that Moss could
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protagonist‚ a laconic World War II veteran who oversees the investigation and the trail of the murders even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to solve. His reminiscences serve as part of the book’s narration. Anton Chigurh‚ the main antagonist‚ a sociopathic hitman. He is in his 30s‚ and has eyes as "blue as lapis ... Like wet stones." A man of dark and vaguely exotic complexion. Llewelyn Moss‚ a welder and Vietnam War veteran in his 30s‚ whose theft of the millions
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Moral relativism is a person’s positions on what’s right or wrong based on a person’s individual choice‚ everyone can decide on what is right for themselves and in this case Anton Chigurh has decided that killing people in order to get what he wants is the right thing to do. Anton Chigurh has certain principles that he has decided as being what’s right‚ an example of this comes from Mr. Carson Wells while he was speaking with Llewelyn Moss at the hospital. “No No. No. You don’t
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Coen‚ No Country For Old Men is an existential film as it reveals the idea of the existential concept of absurdity — anything may happen to anyone at anytime without any rational explanation. The three protagonists in the film‚ Llewellyn Moss‚ Anton Chigurh‚ and Ed Tom Bell‚ all experiences certain existential absurdity and amorality from the rest of the world. As a character‚ Llewellyn Moss is searching for the meaning of life. Though‚ he is ultimately faced with the futility of such a quest in
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susceptible to Chigurh. At the beginning of his pursuit‚ while investigating a crime scene‚ he “could not help but notice” that a shot “marked a date on a calendar . . . that was three day hence” (McCarthy 147). He recognizes it as the day of his murder and he admits‚ when talking to Moss‚ that Chigurh’s “not somebody you really want to know. The people he meets tend to have very short futures. Nonexistent‚ in fact” (150). Yet‚ he remains steadfast in his decision to go after Chigurh knowingly‚ possibly
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devilish killers. Anton Chugarh‚ in No Country for Old Men‚ is hit man hired to find a package of money that was taken at a crime scene and in A Good Man is Hard to Find‚ a man who is self-proclaimed as The Misfit‚ escapes from jail and murders a family in cold blood only because he was looking for some clothes to wear. In these stories‚ both of the antagonists seem to have an internal struggle with their murderous hobby‚ but only for one bat of an eye lash. ^ĞdžƚŽŶ Ϯ Anton Chugarh has two
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evil is always just a impalpable‚ looming atmosphere that could seep into each boy’s actions‚ but in the Coen Brother’s movie‚ a bounty hunter‚ Anton Chigurh‚ embodies that evil. For some reason‚ that evil is always a step ahead of its enemies‚ and knowing that fact‚ Sheriff Bell quits hunting that evil to save his own life. At one point‚ the evil‚ Chigurh‚ is unexpectedly hit hard for once: by a car running a red light. An unstoppable force is finally shown a weakness that everything shares: a lack
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was so rich with before the apocalyptic wave of evil (represented by Chigurh) took over. In addition‚ McCarthy also uses Sheriff Bell’s several monologues describing how the old values of the country he grew accustomed to are inevitably dissipating right in front of his eyes and how there is simply “no country for old men” because Bell’s old values do not function in today’s society. Through the use of Sheriff Bell and Anton Chigurh in the novel‚ McCarthy describes how today’s society has been struck
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and hired psychopathic killer Anton Chigurh. However‚ McCarthy essentially exploits Moss’ and Chigurh’s escapade only as a subplot and ultimately conveys a deeper meaning. The novelist heavily relies on Bell’s failure to reconcile his morals of the approach crime used to take years before. Through analyzing the characters‚ moral relativism‚ and the apocalyptic theme‚ Bell’s grievances begins to seem more agreeable as the novel progresses. Symbolically‚ Chigurh represents destruction that may
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