Ellis (uncle)

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Ellis is the elderly, wheelchair-using uncle of Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in "No Country for Old Men," who offers him perspective and hard-earned wisdom about aging, duty, and the changing nature of violence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
literary character
advisesRetirementTo Ed Tom Bell NERFINISHED
ageStatus elderly
appearsIn No Country for Old Men (film) NERFINISHED
No Country for Old Men (novel) NERFINISHED
createdBy Cormac McCarthy NERFINISHED
discusses changing nature of violence
limits of law enforcement
fictionalLocation Texas NERFINISHED
formerOccupation lawman
gender male
givesAdviceTo Ed Tom Bell NERFINISHED
medium cinema
prose fiction
narrativeRole mentor figure
source of wisdom
nationality American
occupation retired lawman
partOf No Country for Old Men franchise NERFINISHED
philosophicalView acceptance of human violence
skepticism about idea of a more innocent past
physicalCondition disabled
portrayedBy Barry Corbin NERFINISHED
providesPerspectiveOn Ed Tom Bell's disillusionment
relationshipToLaw former peace officer
relativeOf Ed Tom Bell NERFINISHED
sceneSetting rural Texas house
themeAssociation aging
duty
moral decline
violence
toneOfDialogue plainspoken
wry
uncleOf Ed Tom Bell NERFINISHED
uses wheelchair

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Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men relative Ellis (uncle)
subject surface form: Sheriff Ed Tom Bell