Perhaps choice and consequences would make a good thesis. Moss makes the choice to take the money, the choice to keep it, the choice not to surrender even if it means his wife could die. These are moral choices we all make, and we all must suffer the consequences of these choices. Chigurh gives people a choice: heads or tales. These choices revolve more around fate or luck. These choices, unfortunately, also can have consequences. But even Chigurh has choices: to let live or kill. I think McCormack deals quite a bit with the choices we make and the repercussions we face as a result. He is very much about moral responsibility, making the right choices in an world where past responses are no guide and evil is overwhelming. Do we succumb to those evil forces, become a part of them, or do we do our best to maintain our own sense of integrity even if we lose everything? This type of moral navigation is at the heart of most of his novels, and No Country for Old Men is no exception.
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