Life or Death

In this novel the battle of life is key, whether it is Llewellyn running for his life, or Chigurh threatening innocent peoples lives.  A key reference to this is the technique of the life gamble that Chigurh uses... the coin toss.  He uses this for the first time with the gas station/convenience store employee, saying if one side ends up he will live but if the other ends up he will die.  This technique completely shocked me, the fact that he has no regard for life and that he has no problem ruining someones life for his enjoyment, and small personal gain.  McCarthy has his very deep way of making the reader think and he is very skilled at evoking the readers emotions.  This book has kept me hooked from the time i started all for the reason that it is very unpredictable.  Life or death your choice, it all depends on how the author feels that day.