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Death is a part of life and it does not discriminate, whether a person is old or young, death waits for no one. In the movie, “No Country for Old Men”, adapted from the novel written by Cormac McCarthy, death and violence are a relevant theme. It all begins when Vietnam veteran, Llewelyn Moss, finds a case full of money, at a drug deal gone awry. A chase ensues between hitman, Anton Chigurh, and an almost retired Sheriff, Ed Tom Bell. While Llewelyn runs, Anton follows, and it seems like wherever Anton goes death is not far behind. Anton Chigurh’s character is an enigma; however, his unexpected actions, non-discriminatory killings, and spectator like persona gives him the feel of an entity simply passing through the world, like death.
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The first real glimpse of Anton in the film is when he kills a deputy and then proceeds to steal a passerby’s car. Anton’s character, and the way in which he kills people, is peculiar. For example, when he pulls a man over on the road to take his car, he politely asks him to exit the vehicle and says, “Would you hold still, please, sir?”, and then proceeds to kill him (No Country for Old Men). He seems to have no regard for human life, and the way in which he goes about killing people is unlike other hitmen. For one, he does not use a gun but a captive bolt pistol, which is used to kill cattle. His weapon of choice gives insight to the type of person he is. Anton seems to prefer a cleaner way of killing and he prefers not to get messy. Variety writer, Todd McCarthy, describes Chigurh’s actions as surprising. In his review for “No Country for Old Men”, he wrote, “From the outset … Bardem (actor who
Imagine being stuck in a mental hospital for twenty years where everyone thinks you are deaf and mute. This is what happened to Chief Bromden in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey. Chief Bromden, or Chief, has lived in a mental hospital for over twenty years. He was admitted to the hospital after serving in the Second World War. He is a six-foot seven-inch tall schizophrenic Indian who has convinced the whole ward that he is deaf and mute, and he is the narrator of the story. He is not a very reliable narrator due to his schizophrenia, so some of the events are distorted. Throughout the story, Chief Bromden is reminded of events from his childhood, which reveal little bits and pieces about his character and his uncommon past. The ward he is on is controlled by the Big Nurse, who has emasculated everyone and has complete control over everything and everyone there. She requires everything to be done her way and like clockwork. That all changes when Randle Patrick McMurphy arrives. McMurphy, mandated to the mental hospital by the courts, starts challenging the rules made by the Big Nurse as soon as he arrives, to help improve the lives of all of the patients on the ward. McMurphy also takes some of the patients on wacky adventures. For example, he convinces the Big Nurse to let him and a few other patients go on a fishing trip with his aunt. Except, instead of his aunt, he hires a prostitute to take them in her place. He also starts a basketball league with all of the patients as a way to exercise, but that ends after the basketball breaks through the Big Nurse’s window multiple times. The patients are divided into two groups: the chronics, who have no hope of being cured, and the acutes, who are not nearly a...
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In Aldous Huxley's novel, "Brave New World" he introduces a character named, Bernard Marx an alpha part of the upper higher class who does not quite fit in. Bernard is cursed by the surrounding rumors of something going wrong during his conditioning that he becomes bitter and isolates himself from those around him in the World State. Huxley's character experiences both alienation and enrichment to being exiled from a society that heavily relies on technology and forms of entertainment with little to no morals.
The book, Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley, is a radical story that is interpreted as a potential caution to us, society, if we keep making poor life choices. In the novel, Huxley depicts a culture where people are programmed to live forever and forced to think that sex and drugs are. For them, the idea of having a family with a mother and a father is absolutely repulsive to think about. Even though some of Huxley’s thoughts are unrealistic, the meaning behind them can be seen today. Nowadays, the three ideas that are bringing us closer to the Brave New World true are the advancements in technology, an obsession to remain young, and the increasing rate of drug use.
In David Mamet’s play, “Glengarry Glen Ross”, a group of sales representatives, Shelly Levene, Richard Roma, Dave Moss, and George Aaronow, are placed into a competition that sets all of them against each other. Their bosses challenge the four men to compete against one another in a sales competition where the winner with the most sales will receive a brand new Cadillac and the two people with the least sales will lose their job. With the ultimatum of losing their job, the men struggle to out due each other in hopes that they will come out on top (Mamet 21). Through dialogue and tone, Mamet presents the characters with a sense of desperation and determination; thus, he propels the story into countless affairs of deception and cheating, and ultimately shows how people are willing to do whatever it takes when driven to the edge and placed into a do-or-die situation.
A tank that is destroying everything in the path that no one can stop. Chigurh is the man that shows no emotion. After someone had killed Moss you would think that Anton was done. You are wrong Anton had told Moss if he wasn’t the one to bring the money to him, he was going to kill his wife Mary-Anne. Chigurh did that knowing that moss was already dead and Mary- Anne had nothing to do with the money. Anton Chigurh was responsible for every murder that had taken place in “No Country for Old Men.” And not once did you see him get angry or sad about anyone he was killing or about to kill. The best typology that fit for Anton would be hedonistic. Anton enjoys the lust and thrill of killing people. It's something that excites him. He won’t stop till he his caught and put away for a long time. “No Country for Old Men.” was and very enjoyable movie to watch and to build a criminal profile on. Never knew you could learn so much about a person just by the way he or she
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