Pascual Valdez
Dr. Childs
English 1301
26 November 2012
Title
Wouldn’t it be nice to predict the
future and be able to know what’s going to happen next? Life is so
unpredictable that trying to figure out what’s going to happen next is
difficult. No one can ever tell what’s coming for them. As Ellis said toward
the end of the film “You can’t stop what’s coming.”
Sheriff Ed Tom Bell comes from a
long line of law enforcement family. In the beginning of the film the Sheriffs
voice tells a brief story of his family history and how things were back in the
old days and the old-timers. The movie is set in west Texas in the 1980’s in a
somewhat quiet town with lots of land and scenery. Because of the changing
world around him the sheriff is not use to seeing so much violence and lack of
respect toward elders. It seems as if Bell feels a shame of something he has
done in his past and is filled with regret.
Llewellyn Moss is a retired welder
hunting for deer in vast open range. As you see him propped up on a rock hidden,
he adjusts his sights on the rifle to make the kill. “You hold still” Moss
utters before firing and missing his target. Out of chance he stumbles onto a
drug deal gone wrong, seeing trucks filled with bullet holes and dead bodies
all around. Finding the last man under a tree he acquires the money quickly. Not
knowing that by taking that satchel full of money his faith would be sealed. What
he thought of being an easy way out ended up being more of a burden to him.
Anton
Chigurh is the ultimate bad ass super villain without a sense of humor with
principles. “Chigurh believes that he has discovered a truth about the world
and human affairs that none of those around him have seen: it is chance that
determines events and nothing but chance” (McClure 47) Standing out like a sore
thumb, he is dressed in a black denim jacket and jeans and equip with the very
odd choice of a weapon. An oxygen tank cylinder with a long hose attached to
it.
Just like the last scene at the
Desert Sands motel in El Paso when Llewelyn Moss Talks to the lady by the pool.
She asks why he keeps looking at the window, he reply’s “Just looking for what’s
coming” she briefly says “Yeah, but no one ever sees that.”
Works Cited
No
Country for Old Men. Dir. Ethan, Joel Coen. Perf. Tommy Lee
Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh
Bardem. Miramax/ Paramount Vintage, 2007. DVD.
McClure,
Christopher. No Country for Old Gods.
Perspectives on Political Science 39.1 (2010): n.
pag. Web. 28 Nov. 2012.
