Well, the ruthless killer Anton Chigurh doesn't see it that way. And don't you think a war veteran deserves a better life, a life that this kind of money would bring him? Think about it: if you were a hard worker and you came across 2.4 million dollars-that's a lot for 1980-wouldn't you take it? Who's going to miss it? A bunch of drug dealers? Llewelyn knows the money will change his and his wife's lives. He works as a welder and has a young wife he seems to support 100%. Because he was a sniper, he's an impeccable marksman, and he's turned his skill to hunting. Unfortunately, unlike most heroes, Llewelyn Moss doesn't succeed, and he screws up a lot of lives in the process.īut why do we still think he's a hero? Well, even heroes make mistakes. He makes a bad mistake early on-he steals money from a drug deal gone wrong-and he ends up on the run as a result. Why? Well, Llewelyn most closely follows a traditional hero narrative. That's the order we meet them in, but even though we see Llewelyn Moss third, and even though-spoiler alert-he dies two-thirds of the way into the book, we're gonna go with him as main man. We've got three characters to choose from: Sheriff Bell, Anton Chigurh, and Llewelyn Moss. It's hard to tell who the main character in No Country for Old Men is.
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