He is an old man who just wanted enough to end his life comfortably instead of permanently ruining the valley. Normally, it would be a good opportunity to claim ownership of the gold vein and get even richer, but once he is satisfied he just leaves with no apparent intent of coming back, even filling the holes he dug back up. In "All Gold Canyon", the Prospector only taking one egg from the nest has another meaning near the end where nature comes back after he leaves and explains why he was spared despite his greed.One of Buster’s monikers mentioned by the Kid is the “Herald of Demise.” Buster is the first death in a series of stories about people dying before their time.The only one who recognizes him and gives him due respect is the one who kills him. Everyone killed by Buster Scruggs disrespects or underestimates him.The Young Man attempts to kill the Prospector (and then the Prospector kills him), bringing sin into this Eden. The Prospector and the Young Man seem alone on earth. Interestingly, "All Gold Canyon" is a kind of retelling of the biblical tale. In "Meal Ticket", one of the texts recited by the Artist is the story of Cain and Abel (in which Cain, son of Adam and Eve, commits the first murder of humanity by killing his own brother Abel).If he hadn't been alive, no blood would have been pumping against gravity out the wound on his back. The Prospector is later revealed to still be alive. In "All Gold Canyon", the bloodstain on the Prospector's back from his bullet wound continues to spread throughout the time that the Young Man rolls and smokes his cigarette.In "All Canyon Valley," the Prospector justifies stealing a single egg from an owl's nest by reasoning aloud, "How high can a bird count?" In "Meal Ticket", the Artist is replaced by Gallus Mathematicus, a chicken that can do math.In "The Mortal Remains," a different (but very similar-looking) Frenchman tells an anecdote in which he refuses to play another man's hand. In "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs", Buster refuses to play another man's hand in the saloon at Frenchman's Gulch, with a Frenchman at the table.
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