No Country for Old Men Chapter II Quotes
No Country for Old Men Chapter II Quotes
How we cite the quotes:
(Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote 1
You get stopped with that old boy in the turtle just tell em you dont know nothin about it. Tell em somebody must of put him in there while you was havin coffee. (2.2.47)
This scene is a sketchy little bit of police ethics. When a dead body is found in the trunk of a cop car, Bell and his deputies do what they can to cover it up. Well, consider how much harder it would be for them to do their jobs if there was a ton of media attention. Are they right to do it, then?
Quote 2
Here the other day they was a woman put her baby in a trash compactor. Who would think of such a thing? My wife wont read the papers no more. She's probably right. She generally is. (2.1.3)
Bell often looks to his wife, Loretta, for moral guidance, but it seems like she has given up on the world—or at least she has given up trying to know about all the evil in the world. Does this mean Bell will eventually give up, too?
Quote 3
He pulled the pistol from the waistband of his trousers and turned around to where the two men were standing and shot them once each through the head in rapid succession and put the gun back in his belt. (2.5.130)
Once again, we see Chigurh murder people in cold blood. This is almost more shocking than his murder of the deputy, because we thought these people were on Chigurh's side. But he has only one side—his own.