โ Scribed by Jeanne Inness
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All the Pretty Horses is the first novel in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy. The young John Grady Cole and his two companions journey from Texas through Mexico as orphans of sorts, and through their struggles for their horses, with the law, and with a landowning Mexican family, they travel toward maturity. As the first in a series, it begins to reveal John Grady Cole's character and presents the loss of the West, for Cole ultimately loses love and takes his place as a lone figure, on a horse, on the American landscape. The book was adapted for the screen in 2000.
ALL THE PRETTY HORSES......Page 1
LIFE AND BACKGROUND OF THE AUTHOR......Page 7
INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL......Page 8
A BRIEF SYNOPSIS......Page 14
Alejandra......Page 17
Cole......Page 18
Armando, Antonio, and Maria......Page 19
Summary......Page 20
Commentary......Page 23
Summary......Page 31
Commentary......Page 36
Summary......Page 48
Commentary......Page 50
Summary......Page 55
Commentary......Page 59
THE HORSES OF ALL THE PRETTY HORSES AND THE AMERICAN DREAM......Page 66
REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ESSAY TOPICS......Page 72
CRITICAL WORKS ABOUT McCARTHY AND THE SOUTHWEST......Page 74
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Now a major motion picture from Columbia Pictures starring Matt Damon, produced by Mike Nichols, and directed by Billy Bob Thornton.The national bestseller and the first volume in Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy, All the Pretty Horses is the tale of John Grady Cole, who at sixteen finds himself at
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