The Character Sherriff Ed Tom Bell From Cormac Mccarthy

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Quinn Huston Research Paper #2 Professor Tangdal 4/23/13 Witnessing Evil “Somewhere out there is a true and living prophet of destruction and I don’t want to confront him. I know he’s real. I have seen his work.” (McCarthy, 2). The character Sherriff Ed Tom Bell from Cormac McCarthy’s “No Country for Old Men” often speaks of dealing with evil in his line of work. The book deals with Anton Chigur, a murderous lunatic who kills anyone who stands in his path or whomever his own personal code dictates he must kill. The book follows Sherriff Bell in his pursuit to capture Chigur and to protect the man that he is after and that man’s family. During this pursuit, Bell becomes a witness to the trail of blood that is left by the murderer

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