All The Pretty Horses Character Analysis

In Cormac McCarthy’s novel, All the Pretty Horses, it opens with the 1949 burial of John Grady Cole’s grandfather. Because of his grandfather’s death John’s mom intends to sell their n ear to one’s heart Texas ranch and was forced to move elsewhere. With there being nothing at all left in Texas for John, that is when he decides to just run away from home.Even Though he loved that ranch in Texas. But he also admires the cowboy’s way of life a little bit more. With John being only sixteen years old, he still run away from home with his buddy, Lacey Rawlins. They head towards the Mexico boarder, not walking or driving but on horseback and are now migrant cowboys. The two best friends are soon accompanied by a younger little boy,Jimmy Blevins, who is very stubborn yet sensitive. Together, the three boys cross over the Rio Grande right into Mexico. John Grady, the protagonist of All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy and I are not at all similar. We have different views of the world, are viewed by the world in distinctive ways and I would respond in a different way to the central conflict of the novel. Therefore, I believe given the chance, we would not even be friends. …show more content…
I think that because he has lost his grandfather. I have lost grandparents as well, and other family members, but with the fact that he was named after his grandfather I feel that it has a bigger impact than it may seem or appear to be. But above that whole situation he loves horses. He is also very naturally gifted and is strongly into the cowboy lifestyle. The dignity and solitude of the West as well. Nevertheless, he still departs the beloved Texas ranch, the same one that he actually grew up on. So he decided to travel with his buddies, Blevins and Rawlins in the direction south, into