All the Pretty Horses

In his novel, All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy presents us with a young man s journey through the regions of the unknown into adulthood. This novel, at once a western, a coming of age story, and a picturesque adventure, gives the story of John Grady Cole, the last in a long line of west Texas ranchers. As McCarthy moves through this tale, one finds that humans do not remain its sole motivators. As the title suggests, horses play an…...

What happens when you venture into the wild west with your greatest pal by your side? Probably nothing you expected! In Cormac McCarthy's award winning novel, All The Pretty Horses, John Grady Cole, sixteen, sets off on an adventure with his friend Rawlins and comes back a man. This story is full of action, life lessons, and a proper depiction of the midwest in the 1950s. According to the nine yardsticks McCarthy's All The Pretty Horses is a perfect example…...

During the course of this essay I aim to explain, analyse and interpret the fundamental, moral and philosophical differences in two seemingly similar characters. The main focus concentrates on three events. In Silence O.T.L , Hannibal Lecter, a former psychiatrist turned convicted mass murderer, is used by the FBI to assist in the apprehension of a multiple murderer and takes the opportunity to effect his own escape. In American Psycho, Bateman vexes his frustration at society through violence and gradual…...

Most people’s first thought of the West is romantic and ideal for a love story. The hundreds of shows and movies starring in the Wear show cowboys essentially saving the day from the villains of the town and saving the women he loves.This context is an attempt to remove the real background of the West, to remove the romantic and heroic atmosphere from a past of violence. but in this story thats not the reality, In McCarthy’s novel, “All the…...

In Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses, he uses blood as a unifying concept. John Grady Cole’s devotion is compensated in blood. The brutal image of blood and violence is morbidly displayed throughout the whole novel. It is an important symbol and a repetitive element because it symbolizes the cost John Grady pays for everything he loves. It also represents the world around him and helps to define the attractiveness it has, despite the difference in violence and delicacy. There…...

In the novel All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy, he presents several symbols one of them being blood. Blood is very crucial and its significance is expressed in the novel. John Grady Cole's devotion is compensated in blood. The brutal image of blood and violence is morbidly displayed throughout the whole novel. It is an important symbol and a repetitive element, because it symbolizes the cost John Grady pays for everything he loves. It also represents the world around…...

The title of Cormac McCarthy's novel - All the Pretty Horses, reflects the significance and variance of roles that horses play in this coming-of-age story, as they relate to John Grady Cole who is the focus of the novel. The horse, which was the social foundation of Western American culture then, is described as an economical and practical asset to the boys - John Grady and Lacey Rawlins. However, the author also describes horses' abstract qualities using idyllic and impassioned…...