Yes, he shouldn't have taken it, but it is what any man would do in a life that constantly breaks down their silver lining. In the ensuing pursuit which shows the stoic killing machine, Chigurh, cutting through people like butter, the viewers are confronted with a question: should Llewelyn have not taken the parcel? We all know the answer to this one. This change of heart hitches us to Llewelyn's daring escape from a very dangerous individual.Īs the film progresses, we see Llewelyn desperately trying to hold on to his treasure, while Chigurh systematically looks for his prey. While he is initially presented as a despicable character, especially since he refuses to show any mercy for a dying man who just wants to quench his thirst, this shift becomes an endearing quality. It further embellishes man's frustration with life's absurdity, and drives us to somehow feel for Llewelyn.

In a cruel twist of fate, though, it immediately throws a haymaker of a reminder to the audience: even luck has a price. Perhaps as a way of responding to his lucky day and as what any person experiencing a good day would do, Llewelyn wants to give back to the person responsible for his new fortune.

Not only that, the suitcase's transponder alerts Chigurh like a dog hearing a ringing bell. Consequently, Llewelyn encounters a group of men finding the lost suitcase, and he gets injured while trying to escape. In a disastrous move, he decides to go back to the bloody crime scene to give the last surviving man a drink of water. However, Llewelyn soon understands that this lucky occurrence is one that carries a lot of baggage. Llewelyn is given a great blessing through pure luck, one that seems to bring a swift resolution to what is understandably everyone's problem: finding a way to feed his family.

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