Bell is racist towards Mexicans. We know this because in one of the soliloquies he said “they had Coahuila plates on it and I thought, well I need to stop these old boys and take a look.” This shows his racism since he thought that he “had” to stop them since they had Mexican plates. This shows that he does not trust Mexicans and how he thinks they are all bad and sketchy. In the text it also shows more racism about Mexicans.
I think McCarthy adds in these soliloquies because he wants us to get to know Bell and have a look into how his mind works. I also think this shows how these past experiences have shaped his morales and how he works. Bell also uses these experiences to classify the criminals he has apprehended and how he is trying to see if Chigurh fits under one of those classifications or if he is a new class of criminal. It also seems like this notion scares him because he is so used to the classes and how to deal with them and that if there is this new threat how is he going to deal with it and how it’ll pan out.
Great American Novels 