Thursday, January 14, 2010

No Country for Old Men

who Summary
The Book starts out with a sheriff talking about a man he met. The man was a 19 year old who lived in the county. He was charged with murder, and sentenced to death. He killed his 14 year old girlfriend, all because he wanted to kill for a long time. The sheriff ends his short story by saying he hopes he never meets a person like that again.
The story then turns to an omnipotent point of view; the story begins with Chigurh, a man in handcuffs by a deputy. As the deputy talks on the phone, Chigurh, jumps on him and begins to strangle him with his cuffs. He kills the sheriff and takes his car. Chigurh then stops a driver. As the driver exits his vehicle, Chigurh shoots him between the eyes and drives off. The narrator then introduces a hunter, Llewelyn Moss. He is hunting deer, when all of a sudden a group of them noticed him. As they ran, he shot one in the leg, but it got away. Moss was walking back home when he noticed a limping dog. He immediately realized the dog was injured. Moss would later find down the road car wreckage. Within the car wreckage there are numerous dead men and a dead dog. Moss would turn to a man speaking in Spanish asking for water. Moss completely disregarded the man’s plead and discovered a bag of money. He counted the money and went back home. But he would go back to the wreckage, even as his wife asked him not to. When he arrives at the wreckage spot two men are already their. The two shoot at Moss, and Moss is struck on the arm by a buck shot. Moss escaped home to tell his wife she should leave, he will meet up with her later.
Back in town sheriff Bell and his department discover something behind a court yard (though I’m still confused on what it is). Bell fears something is coming soon. Chigurh enters the story; he drives around and picks up a man. The two men exchange conversation and Chigurh enters a store. He speaks to the manager, scaring the poor guy a bit with his creepy look and constant questions. During their discussion, Chigurh asks the man to call heads or tails. After much argument the man calls it, he was correct and Chigurh begins to talk to the man. He states that anything can be an instrument, and that the coin is just a coin and he leaves.
Llewelyn gets off a bus and enters a hotel. He counts his money, pulls out a gun he “borrowed” from the men he discovered and laid on his bed. He decided he would go eat. As Sherriff bell picks up his fork, the phone rings. He gets on the phone and one of his deputies is on the line. The two men make plans to go check out the wreckage Llewelyn previously discovered. Meanwhile, Chigurh drives towards Moss’ home. He grabs his gun and shoots the door open. Chigurh enters the house and begins to search the home top and bottom. He discovers mail on a desk and reads the name of the recipient.

Quote
"Lllwelyn: Tell my mother I love her.
Carla-Jean: Your mother’s dead Llwelyn.
Llwelyn: Well I’ll tell her myself (24 McCarthy) ."

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I sort of smiled when I read this line. But then I realized that Llwelyn is willing to die for the money he gained. The bag of paper he runs around with is putting his life at stake. And that same bag he holds is interlocking the lives of three men. When these three men meet, people will die.

1 comment:

  1. that is such a snappy line of dialogue.

    fantastic description of the narration, and how the author is developing the characters

    watch MLA: (24 McCarthy) ."

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