No Country For Old Men Book Report

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I am reading No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy and I am on page 208. This book is about Llewellyn Moss. He is a retired welder who spends his days hunting the deserts of the U.S-Mexican border. He is out hunting some impalas. As he is tracking one of his shot preys, he stumbles upon some wreckage. Some shot up trucks. There were guns, money, drugs, and a whole lot of dead bodies. He follows some blood to a man under a tree, lying by a brief case. Contained within this case was just over two million dollars in cash. Moss obviously takes this case. Moss runs from police, Mexican drug cartels, and very dangerous hit men. A lot can change in a simple act, but what kind of people does this simple act set off like a fuse? I will be characterizing Anton Chigurh and predicting the outcome of the book. G lots of info on Anton chigurh Y brutal and insane R he will do anything to kill R coin toss Y persistent man R he is highly trained R he …show more content…

There is so much to say about so little information on this brutal and insane. Chigurh will stop at nothing to achieve his main goal of murdering Llewellyn Moss and taking back his employers money. Anton lives on specific “rules.” You could almost call them principles or even superstitions. Repeatedly Anton puts peoples lives at stake of a simple coin toss. If someone gets in his way he either kills him or her, or flips a coin to decide their fate for them. Anton will not stop till he gets what he wants. He is highly trained and highly dangerous. He will not let anyone or anything stop him from his target. Anton will not stop till he gets his employers

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