Summary and Analysis:
-In Bell's beginning excerpt, he is quoted as saying, "I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt. You cant corrupt it because that's what it is. It's the thing you're talking about." pg. 123 ---> this depicts his moral character and stresses why he is so concerned with the changing times and corruption of the world
-Bell mentions about the couple who murdered and tortured people and buried them in their yards....this further shows the changing of times and degrading nature of society
-Bell travels to Odessa to talk to Carla Jean but she wont give any information and she seems confident in her husband and trusts him
-we discussed this in class today, and yes she is young and naive, but at the same time she does have justifiable reasons to trust him
---when he was running errands in town trying to prepare himself for anyone looking for him, "a cabdriver asked him if he wanted to go see the girls and Moss held up his hand for him to see the ring he wore and kept on walking." pg. 85 --> Even though he is facing death and uncertainty, he wont cheat on his wife. Carla Jean therefore has a basis for her trust.
-Bells keeps warning Carla Jean that she should be more worried about her husband, emphasizing the seriousness of his situation
-There is an example of foreshadowing on page 127- "The face that lapped and shifted in the dark liquid in the cup seemed an omen of things to come. Things losing shape." This foreshadows the disastrous events to come, and the chaos Moss will endure from Chigurh and the others chasing him, and the chaos Carla Jean and Bell will endure
-Bell tells Carla Jean that Moss is going to "wind up killin somebody" and she says he never has and points out that he was in Vietnam as a civilian, citing his character further and proving he has moral values
-The way Carla Jean and Llewellyn met is discussed, and Bell chimes in about his marriage to his wife, creating a common bond and connection between Bell and Moss's character. quotes pg. 133
-Bell is informed about the shootout
---"Its just and out and out war is what it is." pg. 134
-In learning about the nightclerk Bell is told he was hit by a stray round. "About as bad a piece of lick as you could have, I reckon. Caught a stray round." But Bell knows that since he was hit right between the eyes, it had nothing to do with a stray round or luck at all, but that the nightclerk was murdered by the "stungun"...this mean he was murdered by Chigurh which sees himself as an instrument of fate, rather than dealing out luck
-The next major point in the plot of the chapter is the hitman Wells, meeting with the group of people who want to find the money. They want Wells to find Chigurh b/c "He killed two other men a couple of days before and those two did happen to be ours." pg. 141
--two sides of the drug deal, Wells is meeting with one....he is meeting with the one who Chigurh had something to do with and has now betrayed in the attempt to find Moss and the money
-Wells begins his search by going to the hotel where the shootout occurred and gathering clues
-He finds and Moss in the hospital and talks to him
-He warns Moss about Chigurh
--->"He's not somebody you really want to know. The people he meets tend to have very short futures. Nonexistent in fact.....This man wont stop looking for you. Even if he gets the money back, It wont make any difference to him. Even if you went to him and gave him the money he would still kill you. Just for having inconvenienced him." pg. 150
--->"he is a peculiar man. You could even say that he has principles. Principles taht transcend money or drugs or anything like that." Pg. 153 ...is he referring to him believing he is an instrument of fate??
--->tells Moss that Chigurh will kill his wife... interesting to note that when Wells says this, Moss's pain increased
-Why Wells gives Moss his mobile phone number and talks to him about everything--->"I guess because I think if I could get you to understand the position you're in it would make my job easier. I dont know anything about you. But I know you're not cut out for this." pg. 154
* he would rather deal with Moss than Chigurh
Wells seems to be an interesting character
*humorous...parking validation joke, brings Moss flowers, jokes with nightclerk
*im interested to see what he does..if he ends up helping Moss or not
*is he really trustworthy??
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