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anuczka
anuczka
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High School - 9th Grade

Describe the setting of No Country for Old Men.

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Posted by anuczka on Tuesday July 7, 2009 at 3:57 PM and tagged with no country for old men, setting.

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  1. aleighdavis
    aleighdavis Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    No Country for Old Men is set in the desert southwest--a fact not surprising, since McCarthy currently lives in Sante Fe. The barrenness of the landscape is certainly appropriate as the novel's protagonist explores the barrenness of humanity in modern times. As the sheriff tracks Chigurh tracking Moss, the dusty setting isolates the characters in the landscape from real human contact. Indeed, Bell seems only to sink deeper into his own mind, his reminiscing about the war, and into old age while following the carnage trail left in unpopulated deserts and sparsely populated fringe towns.

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    Posted by aleighdavis on Wednesday July 8, 2009 at 1:58 PM