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No Country For Old Men

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Throughout the novel, symbolism is a significant aspect of how fate is depicted in No Country for Old Men and fate is present in the lives of the characters portrayed in the film. The most significant character seen throughout the film is Anton Chigurh the antagonist. The most significant representation of fate is through the utilization of a coin determine whether individuals who encounter him live or die, where Anton puts the fate of the victims to the will of the coin. The coin represents the notation of fate as seen when Anton interacts with a gas station proprietor and Carla Jean. This concept of fate is also depicted in the film, through the filmic illustration of roads. There are several camera shots of stretches of roads, which often depict a character’s choices and fate. There is a relationship between the illustration of roads and fate as stated by Anton “Every moment in …show more content…

Somewhere you made a choice. All followed to this.” this depicts that the roads that you choose destine your destination. Fate never fails to follow a person despite all of his efforts to escape it. There is the repeated notion of the "tracks" or trail a character leaves. This relates to how Anton tracks Moss by utilizing the tracking device in the baggage and or his car number. Likewise to how Moss finds money using the trail of blood. These scenes symbolize the concept of fate and how all the trails can be perceived as the roads that lead the individuals to their destination. Paragraph 2:
Undoubtedly one of the most fundamental facets of how the film depicts fate to the viewers is through the numerous characterizations presented. Anton, the

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