No Country for Old Men Chapter I Quotes
No Country for Old Men Chapter I Quotes
How we cite the quotes:
(Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote 1
He set the waterjug on the ground. You dumb-ass, he said. Here you are. Too dumb to live. (1.3.131)
Llewelyn brings the dying man water even though he doesn't like him at all. He doesn't do it out of kindness; he does it because he feels like it's the right thing to do. Why?
Quote 2
La puerta. Hay lobos.
There aint no lobos.
Sí, sí. Lobos. Leones.
Moss shut the door with his elbow. (1.3.30-1.3.33)
This is a small act of kindness on Llewelyn Moss's part, and it foreshadows what will happen later, when he returns with the water jug. If he truly didn't care about this man, Llewelyn would leave the door open for the wolves just to eat the guy.
Quote 3
And he told me that he had been plannin to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember. Said that if they turned him out he'd do it again. Said he knew he was goin to hell. (1.1.1)
Introducing the concept of hell in the very first paragraph puts us in the mindset to look out for battles of good versus evil right away. And not that we need to be told this, but anyone who kills without remorse is probably evil.