No Country for Old Men Chapter III Quotes
No Country for Old Men Chapter III Quotes
How we cite the quotes:
(Chapter.Section.Paragraph)
Quote 4
I dont know that law enforcement benefits all that much from new technology. Tools that comes into our hands comes into theirs too. Not that you can go back. (3.1.1)
Unfortunately, the technology is more dangerous in the drug runners' hands because they know how to use it. Not only are the old people slow with technology, they also don't have the same drive. On top of that, they're reacting instead of acting.
Quote 5
You think this boy's a doperunner?
I dont know. I wouldnt of thought of it.
I wouldnt either. Let's go down here and look at the rest of this mess. (3.3.75-3.3.77)
Who is buying the drugs if not the good old boys in Texas? Where do you think the heroin goes after it's smuggled over the border? The people who actually buy and use these drugs are never seen in No Country. They are invisible, but they're just as guilty as the smugglers themselves.
Quote 6
It's just a bunch of Mexican drugrunners.
They were. They aint now.
I aint sure what you're sayin.
I'm just sayin that whatever they were the only thing they are now is dead. (3.3.95-3.3.99)
Bell and Wendell have a conversation about the drug runners, and about how death is great equalizer. It's a reminder that these men, who sometimes seem like violent monsters, are people, too. Getting involved in the drug biz made them the way they are. It's a bum rap for basically everybody.