The book All the Pretty Horses is a western drama about teenage cowboys as they transition from adolescence into manhood. The author‚ Cormac McCarthy‚ structures the book using echo words and parallel structure that links dialogue exchanges and makes the scenes flow smoothly. McCarthy is a master of this sort of repetition and uses this structure throughout the entire book. There are many examples of this used throughout the book‚ but the author primarily focuses on the interpersonal relationships
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In All the Pretty Horses‚ McCarthy uses the theme of journeys to relay the message that life is not only a physical journey‚ but there are emotional journeys through life also. Through the theme of journeys‚ McCarthy demonstrates a maturing aspect of the characters. Throughout John Grady Cole’s life‚ he wishes to take part in his grandfather’s ranch; even after his grandfather dies‚ John purses this dream and tries to gain a closer connection to the ranch by dropping his mother’s name and becoming
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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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damned if I’ll go on being experimented with. Not for all the Controllers in the world. I shall go away tomorrow too.” (243) John chooses to disappear from the New World rather than to be an experiment for the controllers. The choices of words shows that he uses the choice of words Shakespeare would dictate. His tone is serious and a little angry towards the people. It is ironic how John went to the New World thinking it would be better for him‚ but all it’s been is trouble and difficult for him. John
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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
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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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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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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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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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