No Country For Old Men Book Vs Movie

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No Country for Old Men is a story about how greedy man can be and what they will do for money; along with this the book raises questions about fate. The plot follows the interweaving paths of the three central characters Llewelyn Moss, Anton Chigurh, and Ed Tom Bell set in motion by events related to a drug deal gone badly near the Mexican-American border in southwest Texas, in Terrell County. A movie was created in 2007 of the book; the Coen brothers did a very faithful retelling of the story. I will be explaining the major similarities and differences between the book and movie. In the book, there were a few additional scenes not in the movie. The scene with Chigurh and Carla Jean is longer, they have a longer conversation about why he's there, and that he's essentially her fate. In the book, she also at first refuses to call the coin toss, but then does at the last second, when he lets her know she's going to be shot if she doesn't, so it would be her only chance. (She loses.) There are scenes where Llewelyn picks up a teenage hitch-hiker, and their conversations together. He gets a motel room for her next to his. (He does not intend to cheat on Carla with her, it's almost like he was just starved for some company.) This hitchhiker was replaced in the film with the brief scene of him talking to the woman by the pool. There's also more information about the shoot-out that kills Llewelyn. Witnesses tell the Sheriff that it was the group of Mexicans who showed up, and Llewelyn was sitting outside talking to a teenage hitch-hiker that he had picked up. One grabbed the girl and held a gun to her head, and Llewelyn grabbed his gun. The guy shot the girl, and then Llewelyn had a gunfight with the Mexicans. He killed a few, and made it into the doorway of his room before he was shot and killed. You also know more about how Chigurh later went into the room and got the

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