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=Understanding the Title and its Relation to the Story=

Some people will ask the question, how does the title __No Country for Old Men__ relate to a story about three men chasing each other. Well, the title refers mostly to Sheriff Bell. Bell is a man is his early 50's, and at the beginning of each chapter there is a 1-2 page section of him recalling his past experiences. He always talks about how different everything was. In one section he talks about how "men would ask the sheriff to get in a fist fight with him, and you better win." He compares this to a recent event where, "the teenagers pulled out a shotgun and shot at my car. I stopped my car and tried to shoot at them, but they had already gone." The title relates to the fact that Sheriff Bell needs to realize that times are changing in America. Not just in the story, but in real life. This is the reason the story is set in the 1980's.