The torch seems to represent values and the black-and-white moral perspective of Bell’s past, which he hopes will be carried into the future. In the vision, Bell rides on horseback with his father on a snowy night, who leads the way with a torch.
The second dream appears to represent Bell’s past, where good and evil, light and dark, were always clear. He seems disconnected from the meaning of the dream, which suggests his unconscious guilt. Bell was assigned a task to protect something and failed. The first dream, in which Bell loses the money his father entrusts to him, seems to express his guilt over the outcome of Llewelyn’s case. We can conclude that while we watched the events that led to Sheriff Bell’s retirement more than Bell himself, the story is about Bell’s perspective of violence he is representative of the titular 'old men.' This is illustrated by his two dreams. But neither Llewelyn nor Chigurh delivers the underlying message here. So, who is the main character, anyway? There are several characters to follow here, and much of the film’s attention focuses on Llewelyn’s escape from Chigurh. The very end of the film features Sheriff Bell recounting two dreams to his wife, one about losing some money his father gave him and the other about him and his father horseback riding through the snow while his father led the way through the darkness with a torch. Chigurh stumbles out of the wreckage, limping and bleeding, and pays two young boys to keep quiet about what they saw before he hobbles into the distance. Her fate is left ambiguous, and as he is driving out of her neighborhood, a car crashes into his and leaves him severely wounded.
Sometime later, Carla Jean arrives home to find Chigurh hiding in her house and challenges his coin toss, telling him not to blame luck for his choices.
Shortly after, Sheriff Bell speaks to his uncle about his plans to retire and leave the violence behind. Sheriff Bell discovers Llewelyn’s body and visits Llewelyn’s room, where the money has already been retrieved by Chigurh. Carla Jean’s mother accidentally reveals Llewelyn’s location to a group of Mexicans who find Llewelyn at Eagle Pass and shoot him in the parking lot. Sheriff Bell visits Carla Jean and promises to protect Llewelyn in exchange for information.
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