Mortality and Ethics Quotes in No Country for Old Men

Bell feels like it was the right thing to do to visit a man on death row; after all, Bell is the one who put him there. Bell feels that he has to go and see the consequences of his own actions. Bell clearly feels a lot of responsibility for what he does.

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.

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?