It’s a postmodern deconstruction of the western genre and the concept of frontier America. Rather than it being something guided by God as manifest destiny would have you believe, McCarthy portrays the whole thing as complete depravity and senseless violence. Which is exactly how you would feel if you were the one on the receiving end of manifest destiny or frontier America. Or at least that’s my read on it. Art is subjective after all!
It’s a postmodern deconstruction of the western genre and the concept of frontier America. Rather than it being something guided by God as manifest destiny would have you believe, McCarthy portrays the whole thing as complete depravity and senseless violence. Which is exactly how you would feel if you were the one on the receiving end of manifest destiny or frontier America. Or at least that’s my read on it. Art is subjective after all!