Folks, the book is called No Country for Old Men. If you're thinking it will probably involve old men sitting around talking about being old, you get a gold star. Now, it's not that these old guys complain to each other about sore joints and incontinence and things like that. No—they're wondering what happened to the country they live in. Back in their day, they had to walk ten miles uphill both ways to school… and they weren't worried about getting shot in the head by heroin dealers while they did it.
Questions About Old Age
- Which characters would you consider "old" in the book? Does Llewelyn Moss fall under the same category as Bell?
- What prompts Bell to think about his age? How does his age affect his point of view? Is it age that changes him, or is it simply being in law enforcement for so long?
- Why does Bell reminisce about the past with his uncle at the end of the book? Do these memories change him in any way?