• M.L. Eileen Brisha
• Dr. M. Sagaya Sophia

Cormac McCarthy is known for his unique writing style. His plain style with no punctuation is a benchmark for him. He deals with ordinary happenings of life and for him literature is not an opening for dealing with complexities and unknown matters instead, it is a way concerning life and death. In this novel No Country for Old Men (2005), the author has challenged the readers about the difficulty of existence in a modern world. The title itself suggest that the people of the modern era neither bother about the value system nor helping each other, Instead, they act as a mere being who just has come to this world and soon may pass away. The lack of human quality can be seen through the events as the novel moves further. Among the three main characters of the novel, the innocent character is Ed Tom Bell, for whom the title of the novel aptly suits. The title itself suggests that this world is not meant for someone with a timid heart like Ed but it is for the people like Chigurh. The setting is the United States- Mexican border. This paper thus focuses to bring to light the unhealthy human relationship in the modern world with the question about the real existence of humanism in the world.

humanism, existence, relationships, innocence, evil vs good

"Is humanism an existing component of the world? A Humanistic approach to No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.846-851, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06177.pdf

"Is humanism an existing component of the world? A Humanistic approach to No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp846-851, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06177.pdf