Name: David Darby Period: 7 Date: 4th October 2010 All the Pretty Horses – Approach Paper Cormac McCarthy‚ All the Pretty Horses Country: United States‚ 1992 Period: 20th Century Perspective: Marxist In the novel All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy society is based on its economic constitution‚ common ideologies and social class structure. During the colonial era‚ the west was viewed as a place of opportunity filled with riches and prolific western civilization dating back to
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AP Literature and Composition All the Pretty Horses Complete the first three questions and then choose three of the five following topics and answer the corresponding questions. Theme definitions and examples 1. What is the dictionary definition of theme? 2. What specifically does that mean for a literary work? 3. To avoid being too narrow in applying the term theme‚ what precaution must the reader take? The following are examples of thematic topics followed with questions to those specific
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A Reflection of All The Pretty Horses The New York Times Book Review states that Cormac McCarthy’s All The Pretty Horses‚ “puts most other American writers to shame.” The main character John Grady is the ideal American cowboy who sees horses as a way of life. The theme of a modern day Western full of horses is brought together with different dialect‚ irony‚ and how a cowboy Spanish speaker from Texas survives his journey through Mexico. John Grady is a cowboy unlike any others‚ who uses his knowledge
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Within the novel All The Pretty Horses‚ Cormac McCarthy attempts to associate the appeal of the Wild West in comparison to its reality. A prevalent idea that concludes the book on a slightly somber note appears in the form of John Grady’s character going into the western plains. As the narrative comes to a close‚ it is the diction and imagery that ultimately show how John Grady lets the story end with his departure into his life as a cowboy‚ having completely bended into this unique lifestyle and
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Redness and blood is often connected to religious imagery. In All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy‚ the spirituality of blood connects man with the landscape‚ horse‚ history‚ and his destiny. Thomas C. Foster’s How to read Literature Like a Professor makes reference to the bible in chapter 6. The Bible states that wine is often symbolized for the blood of Christ and is thought to be a spiritual cleanser. At the end of Part III‚ after John Grady had lost a lot of blood while staying in Saltillo Prison
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"The Searchers" versus All the Pretty Horses The American west is one of our most revered eras‚ romanticized by numerous forms of media in the United States. Mediums of movies‚ books and television shows glorify the fiction of the old west. John Ford’s film "The Searchers" is an ideal example of this romanticized American West. Typically‚ an American Western story confines the women to home duties‚ having no original ideas or thoughts of their own‚ while the status of the hero is elevated by
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Cormac McCarthy shows how important horses can be to a cowboy in his great western classic All The Pretty Horses. Horses were once the backbone of American civilization‚ in an era before trains‚ cars‚ and airplanes. They were especially prominent in the mythic cowboy culture of the west. On a long ride a horse would serve a cowboy as transportation‚ and not to mention companionship in a solitary environment. A story of change‚ John Grady Cole‚ the protagonist‚ and his friend Lacy Rawlins embark on
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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy‚ though vastly different in setting‚ characterization and individual motifs and themes presented throughout the literature‚ both successfully portrayed a broader overarching subject examining the implications of the internalization of both stereotype and legend‚ respectfully. Both authors‚ with their characters illustrate that through the course of experiences‚ teachings and other exposures; external attitudes and expectations
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After facing personal hardships and struggles to retain his family’s ranch‚ John Grady feels his dream of becoming a rancher is not achievable in Texas. He decides to leave his past behind and cross the border into Mexico with an optimistic mindset. Before leaving Texas‚ he looks back and the narrator describes‚ “Would have known
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All the Pretty Horses would be widely considered a fairly typical western in the traditional sense. There are many of the common western tropes that exist explicitly and implicitly within the novel. While much of the idealistic “western” characteristics appear in a blatant manner‚ the novel is laced with incidents and dialogue of seemingly little consequence or significance at first glance. There are many occurrences which are overlooked in the story that represent and support a common and major
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