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zbateman 's review for:
No Country for Old Men
by Cormac McCarthy
When young we face the world with brash arrogance. Thinking we understand it. Believing that bending it to our will is as simple as reaching out and grabbing it by the horns. Consequences be damned.
When old we realize the world does not bend. And in fact, it never did. But that’s a scary thought. One that starts to make the life we’ve lived and decisions we’ve made feel pointless. So to cope, we convince ourselves instead the world has changed. That this new generation has set us on a darker, more uncivilized path. Why? Well, it’s easier to blame the youth than to accept that the world has always been, and will always be, unruly and unpredictable. Random and cruel.
Welcome to Nihilism. Welcome to McCarthy.
When old we realize the world does not bend. And in fact, it never did. But that’s a scary thought. One that starts to make the life we’ve lived and decisions we’ve made feel pointless. So to cope, we convince ourselves instead the world has changed. That this new generation has set us on a darker, more uncivilized path. Why? Well, it’s easier to blame the youth than to accept that the world has always been, and will always be, unruly and unpredictable. Random and cruel.
Welcome to Nihilism. Welcome to McCarthy.