Talk:No Country for Old Men
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McCarthy's prose is engaging if not downright addictive and as such is easily consumed.
I've pulled it for now, but would happy to see it go back in as a quote from a review or some such. --Dvyost 06:12, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Cormac McCarthy NoCountryForOldMen.jpg
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[edit] Plot point?
The recent addition of the type of gun that a character uses seems to have been added just for shock value. The plot description at the moment is very short and the clarification of the gun does not seem significant plot wise. I have left it in for the moment but an expansion of the plot description would probably be necessary to justify such details being added. Ferengi 04:22, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wrong link for William J. Cobb
Wrong link for William J. Cobb:
The link for william J. Cobb here does not take one to the right William J. Cobb:
Literary significance and criticism
William J. Cobb, in a review published in the Houston Chronicle (July 15, 2005),
suggest that the link be removed, as there does not seem to be a wikipedia entry for the correct william j. cobb. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.137.176.115 (talk) 17:14, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Cormac McCarthy NoCountryForOldMen.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:27, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Plot Summary False as Written
The plot revolves around the protagonist's return to the scene (unmentioned here). This is the central, and controversially uninterpreted decision of the central character from which all else flows, and the reason he could be trailed for the rest of the film. Whether the last survivor he encountered lived to see anyone else is never known, and very likely wholly inconsequential in every respect. That isn't even a plot point, much less the central plot point as alleged here. Granted, it is possible to imagine that our protagonist returned to kill this witness after sleeping on it, but I've yet to meet anyone who has interpreted the book in this way, actually.
The other most noteworthy fact about the plot, and book, is that the author dares to have the central event (the protagonist's death) occur offstage, violating all narrative convention (although respecting how the death's of those we care about usually impact our lives) simply outraging many readers (most notably Aristotle.) This wee fact about the plot also goes unmentioned here.
The most notable consequences of the protagonists decisions - the death of his wife, and his killing of a bystander, also go unmentioned!
"Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.68.244.96 (talk) 15:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Redirect
Would it be possible to make the search No Country for Old Men redirect to a disambiguation that includes both the movie and the novel? --Nick4404 yada yada yada 03:06, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
