No Country For Old Men

Calvin Schumacher

Mrs. Schieffelin

9/8/16

No Country For Old Men

Most times students read a story and have to complete a recommendation, they recommend the book whether they thought it was good or bad. Over the summer, I chose to read No Country for Old Men. Honestly, I was not thrilled with the choices I had. No Country For Old Men sounded like the best possible choice. Mrs. Schieffelin and my dad both recommended it. Before I read it, I did not expect to enjoy it. However, No Country For Old Men was phenomenal book. I would recommend it to anyone entering high school. No Country For Old Men is an intense, action fulfilled story. It keeps you on the edge of your seat at all times. It also is a clever book and I like the way they tie all the characters together. Lastly, I enjoyed this book because it does not have an obvious ending.

During the story, I was anxious on what would happen next. This is a great story to have the reader always guessing what will happen next. When Chigurh was chasing and attempting to kill Llewelyn made the book suspenseful. It made you route for Llewelyn. The story hooked you onto Llewellyn's side. The author made him seem like a protagonist even though he should not have been. Chigurh was the antagonist and the story allowed you to route against him.

In No Country For Old Men, each character is introduced separately, none of them are familiar with each other. After a turn of events they all become tied together in the same issue. The sheriff has to stop the controversy between Llewellyn and Chigurh. Llewellyn discovers money in an abandoned car with an almost dead Mexican Drug dealer in the car. He takes the money and knows what is ahead for him. He immediately tells his wife to go live her mother until he gets situated with the money. Immediately, he checks into a hotel. He knows someone will be after him. He is armed with guns. This is how his encounter with Chigurh comes about. Chigurh is after Llewellyn. The sheriff is trying to prevent any crime in his town.

Before and during every book I read I try to guess the ending. I guessed Llewellyn would end up escaping from Chigurh and live a happy life after. I expected Chigurh would have gotten caught by the Sheriff and locked up. However, I was wrong. The complete opposite happened. Llewellyn was killed by Chigurh who ended up being a cold blooded killer. Chigurh escaped and the Sheriff retired. This makes me enjoy the book much more. I strongly dislike book that I can guess the ending before I begin reading it.

To conclude, I loved No Country For Old Men and it is a great read. I would recommend it to anyone age appropriate. The reason it is called No Country For Old Men is because the Sheriff is an old man and he can no longer prevent crime.