For this blog I am going to talk about quotes that stood out to me and ones that were interesting. The first quote is from Chigurh and he said, “1958. It’s been traveling twenty-two years to get here. And now it’s here. And it’s either heads or tails. And you have to say. Call it.” This quote is from when he’s at the gas station and it’s the coin toss scene. I think it’s interesting how Chigurh notes when the coin is from and how he believes that it’s been traveling for twenty-two years. To Chigurh, every event in your life leads you to where you eventually end up. Another part of this quote that’s strange is how Chigurh is making the worker call it. He’s putting the life of the man into a coin toss, which is based just on luck. I think Chigurh justifies killing people if they pick the wrong side of the coin because he thinks that was fait and that person chose their life choices that lead them to that event.
Another quote I like from the novel is when Chigurh said, “If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule? This is the best deal you’re going to get. I won’t tell you that you can save yourself, because you can’t.” I liked this quote because I think it describes Chigurh perfectly. He doesn’t really care about other people’s feelings and that’s seen through this quote. He’s blaming the rule someone followed in their life and relating it to where it lead them now. Also he doesn’t sugar coat anything. In that quote he says how people shouldn’t even bother trying to save themselves because it’s too late.
Great American Novels 