Essays on No Country For Old Men

The United States Southern border has always been quite a mess. In the year 1836, Texas gained independence from Mexico and became its own State. However, this led to border disputes and issues between the two governments. Ten years later, in 1846, a similar issue…

Movies like No Country for Old Men, directed by Ethan and Joel Coen, become instant classics as soon as you watch them once because of the message that the themes portrayed. These messages can be so memorable that you only have to watch the movie…

What parallelisms and contrasts do you find among the main characters in the film and their situations? Throughout the film, the main characters grapple with their conflicts, but all seem to be connected, often overlapping directly in dialogue or in thoughts and actions. In the…

The critically acclaimed thriller No Country for Old Men, authored by Cormac McCarthy and directed by brothers Ethan and Joel Coen, is as renowned in cinema as it is in literature—a rare and most refreshing circumstance. Both forms offer unique perspective in respect to their…

The 1980s had many Mexican drug cartels filled with illegally imported drugs such as cocaine, to sell in the United States. These cartels were very violent, causing many drug deals to go down near the border, many times ending with a big shootout, occasionally leaving…

The Inexplicability of Morals Early on in life, people are introduced to the ideas of right and wrong, two of the seemingly most basic concepts that human beings come to understand. However, it is important to consider the logic behind simply defining the morality of…