All the Pretty Horses
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
Themes
All Themes The Idea of the American West Romanticism and Reality Innocence, Expertise, and Knowledge Fate and Responsibility Meaningful and Gratuitous Violence Loyalty and Belonging
Quotes
Characters
All Characters John Grady Cole Lacey Rawlins Jimmy Blevins Don Hector Rocha y Villarreal (the hacendado) Alejandra Rocha Alfonsa Gustavo Madero The captain Wayne Cole John Grady’s mother
Symbols
All Symbols Horses Religion Blood
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Dramatic Irony Ethos Flashbacks Foil Foreshadowing Genre Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Pathos Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Verbal Irony
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All the Pretty Horses

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Cormac McCarthy
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