No Country for Old Men Chapter 3

Summary:
-Bell begins the chapter by talking about the old times and wondering whether or not we benefit from new technology or not
 --"I told the man I thought I'd stick with what I had. That aint always a good policy. But it aint always a bad one neither." pg. 62
  ---> this goes along with the theme of the uncertain future and not knowing what is to come; it highlights Bell's fears also
-There is a car fire at the scene of the drug war and Bell is alerted to it
-The next day he and another deputy take the horses out there and investigate; they realize Moss's truck is there and wonder what happened to him
 --"I hope this boy aint dead down here, Bell said. He seemed a decent enough boy the time or two I seen him." --->shows Moss is a good guy, helps the reader to like him
-Bell is then informed about the man Chigurh killed to take his car, and the interesting wound
 --"they said that he had what looked to be a large caliber bullet wound in the forehead and that said wound had penetrated to a distance of approximately two and a half inches through the skull and into the frontal love of the brain but that there was not no bullet to be found." pg. 78--->Chigurh has sophisticated weapons and is always one step ahead
-Bell is confused
 --"I aint sure we've seen these people before. Their kind. I dont know what to do about em even. If you killed em all they'd have to build a annex on to hell." pg. 79
   --->uncertain future, foreshadows the chaos to come
-Chigurh, getting information from Moss's truck, goes to Moss's trailer looking for him, he asks around about him also
-Moss had left the trailer and gets on a bus to Del Rio and gets  a hotel room
-He runs errands and tries to prepare himself
 --hides money
 --gets a shotgun and customizes it
 --stays in a different hotel one night
 --thinks about situation
   --->"..he knew that he was probably going to have to kill somebody. he just didnt know who it was." pg. 87 ...foreshadowing

No Country for Old Men Chapter 2

Summary:
-This chapter begins with another excerpt from Sheriff Bell, in which he wonders whether law enforcement is more dangerous these days.
 --"...but maybe you see worse." pg. 38
 --"...you have got some very serious people." pg. 39
 --"It keeps getting harder." pg. 40
 --"I just have a feelin we're looking at somethin we really aint never seen before." pg 46
--->this again points to the theme of the uncertain future and the changing times and digression of society
-A crime scene is then described, which strengthens the idea of a more savage society
-Then while driving, Bell sees a hawk dead in the road and pulls over to move it
 --"He wouldnt have the trucks running over it." pg. 45
 --->what could this be a symbol for??
 --->shows Bell's character, a good, caring man
-Moss makes it back home and tells Carla that they are leaving
 --She is going to her mother's in Odessa
 ---> "you need to get your stuff packed and be ready to roll out of here come daylight. Whatever you leave you aint goin to see it again so if you want it dont leave it." pg. 49
-In this chapter, Chigurh's experience with a convenient store clerk is presented in detail and provides more information about his character
 --Very rude to the owner
  --->"I guess that passes for manners in your cracker view of things." -- Chigurh setting himself up as superior
 --He tells the owner to pick head or tails for a coin toss
  --->"What's the biggest thing you ever saw settled?' pg. 55 --> store owner doesn't realize he is flipping a coin for his life
 --"Anything can be an instrument..Small things. Things you wouldn't even notice. they pass from hand to hand. People dont pay attention. And then one day there's  an accounting. And after that nothing is the same." pg. 57
  --->Chigurh sees himself as an instrument of fate, and views that as his purpose. He is confident and diligent in his work and takes it very seriously.
-Chigurh then goes to the scene of the drug war and finds out that it is Moss's truck


* very important to look at and understand Chigurh's experience with the convenient store clerk, and to understand how he views himself.... INSTRUMENT OF FATE

No Country for Old Men Chapter 1

Summary:

-The chapter begins with Sheriff Bell talking about one boy he has sent to the gas chamber 

  --"I thought I had never seen a person like that and it got me to wonderin if maybe he was some new kind." pg. 3

-It then proceeds into Chigurh's escape from jail by effortlessly killing the officer and then killing another man to commandeer his vehicle

--"If it looked like a thing he'd practiced many times it was." pg. 5

-Next Moss is introduced as he hunts antelope and then as he comes upon the scene of dead men, probably the result of a drug deal gone wrong; there was one man still barely alive begging for water

-Moss follows the tracks of another man and finds him dead, along with a case holding a lot of money (2.4 million)

--"His whole life was sitting there in front of him, Day after Day from dawn till dark, until he was dead." pg. 18

-Later that night Moss returns to the scene to bring that man some water

--"I'm fixin to do something dumber than hell but I'm goin anyways." pg. 24

--"His own shadow was more company than he would have liked. Ugly feeling out here. A trespasser. Among the dead." Pg. 25

-Moss finds the man is dead

-Other people show up and see Moss's truck and see him

-Moss is forced to run for his life

--"If you knew there was somebody out here afoot that had tow million dollars of your money, at what point would you quit looking for em?" Pg. 29

Interesting Points and Quotes:

-Language of the novel reflects the culture

-Thoughts and speech aren't really separated, no quotation marks are used

-Foreshadowing: " But he wasnt nothin compared to what was comin down the pike." pg.  4--> this quote from Sheriff Bell seems to indicate the disaster and terror to come in the plot

-Foreshadowing: "They say that eyes are windows to the soul...But there is another view of the world out there and other eyes to see it and that's where this is goin." pg. 4--> This quote from Sheriff Bell seems to foreshadow the changing of times and a theme of an individual's  view of, and purpose in life, in this developing world.

-Chigurh seems to be very cold and completely disregards human life--> tells the man to move just so he doesn't get blood on the car

-It will be interesting to see how Moss develops as the story unfolds and what choices and steps he must take now that people know he has the money