No Country For Old Men Analysis

Throughout the movie, Brian goes through the Identity Foreclosure, Identity Moratorium and Identity Achievement statues of James Marcia’s identity statuses theory. When Brian lives up to his obedient, “Good Citizen,” nerd image, he’s in the Identity Foreclosure status since he unquestioningly adopts his parents’ and society's visions, values and roles. He follows rules, questions rebelliousness and allows others to view him as weak for being a geek. Then, he transitions into an Identity Moratorium status where he delays his commitment to being the Brain and explores “alternative ideologies” and sides to himself when he smokes weed and connects to the troubles and philosophies of the rest of the Breakfast Club (Weiten, 457). Finally, at the end of the movie, Brian achieves the Identity Achievement status where he grows closer to a sense of identity and direction after “thinking through alternative possibilities,” or hanging out with the rest of the Breakfast Club (Weiten, 457). After being accepted by others, Brian builds his self-esteem and values his life despite his failures once and for all.

The film ‘No Country For Old Men’, directors Ethan and Joel Coen use a variety of film techniques to draw parallels with the idea of fate, chance and free will. Two particular scenes that shows these ideas is the coin flip scene involving the confrontation between Chigurh and Carla Jean as well as the following car crash scene.

The movie A Few Good Men, made in December of 1992, is based on the premise of obedience to authority as its primary message. Two marines, Lance Cpl. Harold W. Dawson and Private Louden Downey were given orders from their superior, Colonel Nathan Jessup, to carry out what is called a “Code Red”. A Code Red is a form of hazing when a particular private does not perform his duties up to the marine corp standards. The two marines could not deny the order or else they would be punished themselves. Private Santiago was the marine who was victimized by the Code Red and later died from this extreme physical warning. This resulted in Dawson and Downey being arrested and set to trial for attempted murder. Two articles that have similar messages and idea with this movie, are “Just Do What the Pilot Tells You” by Theodore Dalrymple and “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” by Erich Fromm. In Dalrymple’s article he displays the idea of questioning the authority around you, but understanding when it is appropriate to follow people with more credibility. In Erich Fromm’s article, there is a sense of mankind being evolved by various acts of disobedience. The author discusses the moral violation of being obedient to authority vs. the social violation. Both articles connect to A Few Good Men, because the decision to obey authority is a moral and social one; furthermore, a vital part of obedience is thoughtfully judging the situation before one chooses whether to obey or

In Cormac McCarthy’s “No Country For Old Men,” fate plays a significant role in the novel and is present in the lives of each of the characters he portrays. Fate, as defined in the dictionary, is “the will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do.” The theme of fate is demonstrated in all of the characters in the novel, but most evidently in Llewellyn Moss, Ed Tom Bell, Carla Jean, Carson Wells, and Anton Chigurh. Fate is the main difference that lies between all of these characters. In his interactions with other characters, Anton Chigurh continually suggests that each and every choice we make determines our fate.

This paper argues that the semantic and syntactic elements of the American West commonly used in most Westerns creates a tone for a more contemporary version of the popularized American Westerns intertwined with a bit of thriller in the ‘Tracked’ scene of the 2007 Coen Brothers’ film, No Country for Old Men. I will prove that said scene establishes new aspects against the traditional westerns known internationally by incorporating Rick Altman’s analysis of semantic and syntactic themes in film genre in order to demonstrate the relationship between categorizing the film as a Western and finding the more structural meaning from the actions of the characters throughout the scene. My argument is also reinforced by Camilla Fojas’s analysis of the Western genre and how certain descriptive changes such as the time period can build a new subgenre of the western which helps this paper prove that the revision of a traditional genre can bring more attention to the well-known outdated Western people have come to love. My analysis identifies distinctive low key lighting, proper set up of the scene, and syntactics operating in ‘Tracked’ and demonstrates that categorizing Westerns under more than one genre through hybridization can polarized it in every sense as much more than just the good guy verses the bad guy.

In class we have been watching the movie called the The Breakfast Club. I think I relate to Allison because she is quiet and shy at first. She doesn't very talk to anyone at first but then she starts to talk to the other students. Then she begins to talk and gets some attitude and starts to talk. I feel that I’m relate to her because I’m always shy and quiet when you first meet me and when I'm in new place with other people I don't know or people I don't talk to at all. I could probably see myself, a friend or someone at Harrisburg High School be this person. It probably wouldn’t be me because I’m not that shy and quiet, but I It could maybe be one of my friends but I don’t know which one would be her. With the whole school I could see at

Cormac McCarthy’s thriller, No Country for Old Men, is a story exploding with violence, drug deals, greed, murder, and the ongoing battle between good and evil in the world today. Driven by the pessimistic belief that little can be done to right the wrongs in the world, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell continually compares the world today to the world he grew up in -- one where good always triumphed evil. It is clear that Sheriff Bell believes that evil is a side of human nature that little can be done about to fix. Llewelyn Moss is a man caught in the midst of this great battle, often having to choose one side for the sake of his life. Although he frequently chooses evil, he is overcome by the guilt eating away at the back of his mind and performs virtuous

The novel No Country for Old Man portrays a similar perception of the violence along the Mexican-American border, the struggles, and dangers that an immigrant faces. The character of Llewellyn Moss is being chased by Anton Chigurh, a serial killer with the purpose of murdering Moss and anyone who interferes in his goal. Moss took 2.4 million dollars from a drug cartel and his life is in line, “they would never stop looking for him. Never as, in never” (36). Not only is Moss undergoing thru fear and exasperation, it is also his wife, who is later reached by Chigurh. Many immigrants flee from their country for a “better life”, but mainly because of safety. Even though immigrants are settled and safe in the U.S., they experience

Remember our lively childhoods and when we thought "Man! It's going to be so cool when I grow up! I get to stay up late, hang out with my friends, watch R-rated movies, and do whatever I want!" We never actualized how naive we were back then. We got to eat all the candy possible, take naps anytime we wanted, and we could just play to our heart's satisfaction. But now that I've grown into a teenager, I've realized that growing up doesn't have all the hype and appeal I thought it would have back when I was 8-years-old. Kids don't experience true heartache or hair pulling calculus problems. Nope, kids just love life. The “thing with kids is, if they want to grab for something, you have to let them do it, and not say anything” (211). Occasionally, that is the same reason why I miss being young again because all I ever did was love life without any other possibilities.

If you’ve ever seen Fight Club, The Passion of Joan of Arc, or Pulp Fiction; you know that some scenes will forever be burned in your mind, the salty taste of tears and paranoid fear of someone catching you crying over a movie. The placement of objects and people in front of a camera and the angles they’re shot from can single-handedly make a movie a visceral experience, or render it emotionless. The Coen brothers have found a way to perfect this practice.

Late one night, two Marines, Lance Corporal Harold Dawson and Private First Class Louden Downey carried out a “code red” on Private First Class William Santiago that ultimately resulted in Santiago’s death. In the film A Few Good Men, nominated for an Academy Award for best picture and directed by Rob Reiner, Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee, investigates the crime and develops his own opinion on whether the murder of Santiago was ethically stable in terms of Dawson and Downey’s mental attitude towards their actions. Meanwhile, Dawson and Downey have difficulty accepting responsibility for their actions. They believe they are not at fault because they were following orders from Colonel Nathan R. Jessep. Santiago’s demise shows that always being obedient can be a matter of life or death, and going against a superior command can possibly be the ethically correct action.

In Salinger’s catcher in the rye this boy Holden Caulfield struggles trying to find himself in this world we call earth. As a fellow teenager I feel like all boys can relate to finding themselves or trying to come into their own self.

In the play True West the Mother and Old Man play as though own caricatures of the New West and the Old West. The reason i see the Mother and Old Man as caricatures is do to their rather exaggerated characteristics to what they represent, for example take the Old Man; an old poor man who lives out in the desert wasting his money away on alcohol and who knows what. He is almost an example of a cheesy Western; An old man with no teeth and drunk at the bar. Austin and Lee also see him in vastly different lights. Austin has great disdain for his Old Man, he see him as a lost case. “He's not gonna' change.” and “Let's leave the old man out of it.” is the way Austin views him, and when you add the idea that the Old Man is a caricature of the Old

This is when I realized that people view feminism, sexism, racism, and homophobia very differently depending on their experiences, upbringing, and personality. Ironically, I also left a demeaning marriage, despite the years of desperately disguising a family of shambles as one utopian unit. I also worked at a large advertising company for ten years that clung on to the same sexist attitudes and traditions illustrated by the show. Naturally, I related to many or the characters and their predicaments. However, when I watched these episodes, I used them as a reminder to never go back: as a token of my journey to self-acceptance and independence. Other viewers fault "Mad Men" for its portrayal of working women, complaining that, except for Joan, the ad agency 's secretaries were depicted as passive victims of male bullying and harassment, while characters such as Peggy and Faye perpetuate stereotypes of career women as uninterested in children and concerned only with their own advancement (Coontz). Although, in the end these women eventually found the strength to stand up to their male co-works making this show heroic. These women filled their lives, despite their mistakes or hardships, with self-worth, independence and leaders for equality. It is all in the perception. Searching relevant messages and lesson from stories, art, music, or television blockbusters is how people progress. We look to the past not to dwell on it, but to learn from it. Those people who can do that

No Man’s Land is a heartbreaking anti-war movie which is played in the background of the Bosnian war. The movie is a fable; it was also the first writing by its writer Tanovic. It was co-produced by many companies belonging to different countries like Bosnia-Herzegovina, UK and others. Two injured soldiers, a Bosnian and other the Bosnian Serb, are entrapped with their lines in the attempt for survival. They face each other in the trench where they allow time to pass for darkness to prevail. They argue with each other as well and even identify some common ground. Complicating the situation is another injured Bosnian soldier, Savagovic, who regains his consciousness. Bosnian Serbs have planted a land mine under him so that in case of any