The Character Of Alejandra In The Pretty Horses

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The reader meets Alejandra when she is riding along the same road as John Grady Cole. John Grady is spellbound by her, even though, as he comes to know later, she doesn't date guys like him. She is wealthy, educated, and cultured while he is poor, uneducated, and innocent to the ways of the world.

Alejandra plays the part of a major character as John Grady's love interest. However, she is static, since she doesn't change throughout the novel, but the reader does learn more and more about her as the story develops. She is rebellious, intelligent, and fiercely loyal to her family; because of this loyalty to her family, she could be considered more conventional than she lets on. She is portrayed as an exotic woman with dark hair, pale skin,

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