Cormac McCarthy is one of those authors who is hard to understand, but once you realize his motives you'll understand much more details. He has been criticized in a positive and a negative manner, many of these critiques include McCarthy's characters and his unique writing styles. McCarthy also uses symbolism and imagery into his texts to give it that "mystery-dark" feel. These are not the only things he includes, he also includes some of his own background experiences like religion for example. He was raised a Catholic and has scattered many things relating to that in his works. So many things can be said about McCarthy about his unique writing style, the use of imagery and symbolism, and his religious influences. Cormac McCarthy is known
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The way McCarthy uses symbolism gives it a more entertaining feel toward the subject. McCarthy’s narratives have the feel of something different, how they employ something like narrative while taking away narrative’s own world.” (Bourassa, 78). The difference between him and other writers is how in-depth he goes that makes the topic stand out as if it was a real-life situation/ character. “What he loved in horses was what he loved in men, the blood and the heat of the blood that ran them.” (McCarthy,6), what made this quote stand out in All the Pretty Horses, is the symbolism used about the horses being as men, or as similar traits. The use of symbolism and imagery in this book from the Border Trilogy, has been very average but it still provides enough details to describe the way McCarthy uses them into the book, making the book “Something that seems like a narrative function like a story with an impetus, a thrust, something that must be resolved. Something that could be seen as motivation.” (Bourassa, 104). The following quotes are found it McCarthy's works where they represent imagery or symbolism: “... horses killed under him and he said that the souls of horses mirror the souls of men more closely than men suppose and that horses also love war.” (McCarthy, 111), what this quote shows is the connection between a horse and a man, McCarthy clearly does this to show how something simple could be turned into a mind-picturing statement. “When I was born in this house it was already filled with books in five languages and since I knew that as a woman the world would be largely denied me I seized upon this other world.” (McCarthy, 239). What Cormac McCarthy does here is very astonishing, this book (All the Pretty Horses) takes place around 1949, around the time the woman wanted the same rights as men, this quote says that a woman with many talents could
The way McCarthy uses symbolism gives it a more entertaining feel toward the subject. McCarthy’s narratives have the feel of something different, how they employ something like narrative while taking away narrative’s own world.” (Bourassa, 78). The difference between him and other writers is how in-depth he goes that makes the topic stand out as if it was a real-life situation/ character. “What he loved in horses was what he loved in men, the blood and the heat of the blood that ran them.” (McCarthy,6), what made this quote stand out in All the Pretty Horses, is the symbolism used about the horses being as men, or as similar traits. The use of symbolism and imagery in this book from the Border Trilogy, has been very average but it still provides enough details to describe the way McCarthy uses them into the book, making the book “Something that seems like a narrative function like a story with an impetus, a thrust, something that must be resolved. Something that could be seen as motivation.” (Bourassa, 104). The following quotes are found it McCarthy's works where they represent imagery or symbolism: “... horses killed under him and he said that the souls of horses mirror the souls of men more closely than men suppose and that horses also love war.” (McCarthy, 111), what this quote shows is the connection between a horse and a man, McCarthy clearly does this to show how something simple could be turned into a mind-picturing statement. “When I was born in this house it was already filled with books in five languages and since I knew that as a woman the world would be largely denied me I seized upon this other world.” (McCarthy, 239). What Cormac McCarthy does here is very astonishing, this book (All the Pretty Horses) takes place around 1949, around the time the woman wanted the same rights as men, this quote says that a woman with many talents could