Hi again Andrew, to your last question. On the one hand, it doesn't matter what I believe, because I'm trying to determine what the author is saying here. On the other hand, my familiarity with this sort of philosophy, and the fact that I see some merit to it has probably led me to view the novel th...

Hi Andrew...by the way, thanks for the discussion. The problem with saying that Chigurh thinks the girl's path is determined simply because she does not live by the tenets of chance, is almost to suggest that Chigurh believes he can manipulate his path simply by living by it. If chance is the soul d...

Well, I should point out that Chigurh straight up tells Lewellen's girl that the coin toss was already predetermined...that choices had already been made. "I had no belief in your ability to move the coin to your bidding. How could you? A person's path through the world seldom changes and even ...

The ending didn't bother me in the least. The boy does get lucky, but things are not altogether that hopeful...people survive for a time...somewhere there are still fish. Perhaps people can crawl out of the destruction and start the whole cycle anew...but there was something not hopeful about the im...

I agree with you that Chirgurh represents chance...he certainly sees himself as its vehicle. Chance and fate in the novel seem absolutely intertwined. I'm not really sure there are any real "choices" made in the novel. Chigurh certainly defines what people do as "choice," but the...