The Morals of Chigurh
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I thought it might be interesting to continue the discussion we were having in class earlier this week, talking about Chigurh's morals and motives. Personally, I felt like everything Chigurh does is motivated by his twisted idea of truth. If he vows to kill anyone in his way, he will do it, whether they deserve it or not. I think he also believes heavily in fate, telling himself that these people were destined to die. The fate aspect was also shown by his flipping the coin to decide whether people live or die, because he claims that it won't really affect anything since their fates are already decided. Any other ideas? Agree or disagree with the truth and fate theory?...

Personally, I think Chigurh
Personally, I think Chigurh was antisocial...he seemed very cold and distant in both the book and movie, and never really seemed to have a problem with anything he did. For instance, he didn't really seem to want to kill the man in the gas station and when he killed Carla Jean, he didn't really seem like he wanted to kill her either. I always imagined him as just very calm and cool, never really getting very angry, yet never really being very happy or joyous, even when he gets the money back. Personality wise, he is more robot than human. That's just my take.
Robot is a good description.
Robot is a good description. No emotion. No care. No heart. He just does what he "has" to do.