Industrialization In Cormac Mccarthy's All The Pretty Horses

Many recognize the classic image of the cowboy in an old western movie: the fearless, stoic hero that stays calm in moments of crisis. In Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses, readers witness the protagonist, John Grady Cole, attempt to revive this famous archetype. Beginning as early as when the first pilgrims came to the new continent, Americans have always had a desire to “settle” Native American lands. In the time that followed, the West became a sort of proving ground for the Europeans and their decedents. During the nineteenth century, the image of land being settled by men on horses, who literally took the law into their own hands through their shotguns, became pervasive in the American mind. By

Between leaving their home and arriving at the camp, the characters stay in horse stalls, implying that the characters are no better than livestock. Furthermore, horses appear as the characters are on the train, going to camp. The girl “pulled back the shade and looked out into the black Nevada night and saw a herd of wild of wild mustangs galloping across the desert” (45). The freedom of the wild horses conversely juxtaposes with how the characters are traveling to confinement. In addition, interactions between the boy and the girl reveal that horse meat is one of the staple foods in the camp. When the boy asks the girl where the meat comes from, she says that most of it comes from the wild mustangs being shot. The horses lose their freedom, much like the family lost

In a journey across the vast untamed country of Mexico, Cormac McCarthy introduces All the Pretty Horses, a bittersweet and profoundly moving tale of love, hate, disappointments, joy, and redemption. John Grady sets out on horseback to Mexico with his best friend Lacey Rawlins in search of the cowboy lifestyle. His journey leaves John wiser but saddened, yet out of this heartbreak comes the resilience of a man who has claimed his place in the world as a true cowboy. In his journey John’s character changes and develops throughout the novel to have more of a personal relationship with the horses and Mother Nature. He changes from a young boy who knows nothing of the world

Fundamental change is a part of life that everyone goes through many times throughout their lives. Whether it is graduating high school, getting married, or losing someone close to you, it all impacts how you view life. Change happens because of a person's past or present experiences and disrupts our sense of stability and ability to predict what will happen. Sometimes, people want to see change in their lives until it does not go as expected. In Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses, John Grady Cole yearns for change and travels to Mexico to find his purpose.

The opening of the novel presents a prelude of how life for the 19th century cowboy was and how

The next requirement for being a “true woman” was submissiveness. According to society men were superior to women by “God’s appointment.” If they acted otherwise they “tampered with the order of the Universe” (Welter 105). A “true woman” would not question this idea because she already understands her place. Grace Greenwood explained to the women of the Nineteenth Century, “True feminine genius is ever timid, doubtful, and clingingly dependant; a perpetual childhood.” Even in the case of an abusive husband, women were sometimes told to stay quiet

Cattle has a reliable significance by being the personification of the Native American people. Although white ranchers rejected the animals, Josiah has his faith and intuition that his cattle would be unique, not the ordinary which have lost touch with their lands. He demonstrates the animals as “any living thing” (Silko, 74), which illustrates that the cattle would lose their origins if they “separate from the land for too long” (Silko, 74). Silko highlights the dissimilarity of treatment of animals by the whites from the Laguna method of hunting animals since the Laguna people expresses their respects and appreciations for the prey through rituals and ceremonies. When the Herefords owned by the white ranchers are about to fall to death because of thirst, the spotted cattle can find water on their own. In other words, they are self-sufficient and close to the lands

Though John Grady follows this template in All the Pretty Horses, love is only one aspect of his rite of passage. Before leaving San Angelo, John Grady is seen unsure of himself and in a state of perpetual blankness like most teenagers, but also is unusually possessed by a search for meaning, for fulfillment. He searches the plot of his mother's play for divine significance, looks to the landscape for answers while riding with his father for the last time, and eventually leaves his hometown not to pursue a new destination, but rather on a quest for one, for some purpose to his life. In San Angelo, his life lent itself to a vacuous limbo; his mother neither offered him guidance nor ceded him control and his father is a beaten man on his last breaths, his last relationship with a girl ended apathetically. By the end of the novel, John Grady grows up in all the capacities of a true hero he has learned to be a father to Blevins, a lover to Alejandra, and a friend to Rawlins. Most importantly, he has lost his innocence without becoming disillusioned. At the end of the novel, he is a hardened hero, but also a wise one. His spirit is no longer defined by its emptiness but by its completeness; its synthesis of the moral and amoral, the serene and

John Grady is not your average cowboy. All the Pretty Horses is not your typical coming-of-age story. This is an honest tale. Cormac McCarthy follows John Grady as he embarks on his journey of self-discovery across the border. Armed with a few pesos in his pocket, a strong horse and a friend at his side, John Grady thinks he’s ready to take on the Wild West of Mexico. At their final steps in America, a stranger, aged thirteen, joins our heroes. This unexpected variable named Blevins challenges John Grady, testing his character and pushing him to uncomfortable limits. The dynamic of their relationship reveals John Grady’s capacity to care for others as he shelters this kid from the hardships of reality and the

I watched as the flashes of orange lights from cars raced past me through the city, and knew there were no signs of any possibilities that there would be a place to keep a horse. I lived in northern Virginia near Washington D.C., where the city was filled with gigantic, tall office buildings with gray and gloomy windows. I could smell the gasoline and smoke coming from the cars’ exhaust. I felt the cool breeze as cars whipped past me, and the air tasted like millions of littered cigarettes on the side of the road. However, there were some horse stables, but they were far away, and the payment required for horseback riding lessons was a ridiculously large price. Of course, that never stopped me from continuously asking

While women are confined to the homestead and are wired to remain subservient to their husbands, Wilson does not explicitly demonstrate male authority over women. Rather, he has aimed at depicting the complete opposite.

Though the rise of machinery has meant less work for the horse now than in the past, it is still kept worldwide - as a working or transportation animal in places where horses are more practical to use than machines, or as a recreation animal for things like sport and entertainment. The wild or feral horse is much less common – all animals living in the wild now are feral, semi-feral, or have been reintroduced to the area in which they live. Breeds such as the Exmoor pony of Great Britain run free but are carefully monitored and kept free from the influence of other breeds in an effort to preserve the breed’s characteristics. Much effort is being made to safeguard areas where horses roam free, and to keep the horse from disappearing altogether

I extended my tiny hand up into the air to reach the horse’s soft, velvety muzzle. The great bay mare pricked her ears, probably wondering what kind of strange, dwarfish creature I was. She lowered her face to the small hand in front of her to smell the little one-year-old girl. As my hand made contact with the mare’s nose, a warm feeling rushed through me. Though she was at least five times my size, I was not afraid. I fell in love. That was the start of everything. Never again would I be able to imagine a world without horses. These animals, so pure, so elegant, and so powerful, always proved an integral part of my character, of who I am. I cannot remember a point in my life without them.

Throughout the world and history horses have been used for various things and been treated various ways. To some, horses are just another tool like a shovel or tractor used for work to complete necessary tasks. For others horses are family used for hobby or sport and loved dearly. It is amazing how the view of horses has changed over the years and still today people have different opinions on how horses should be treated, and what they should be used for. The two chapters I read from Price’s book greatly differed and showed very different opinions of horses.

A horse is an animal well known on farms, in Amish communities, used in sports and often kept as pets. Horses are considered free spirited animals that not only provide love and fun journeys, but are also put to work. Horses offer a strong structured body that can be used for travel, either riding on a horse’s back or using the horse to pull a carriage, leisure, emotional support and even entertainment. In America, horses are noble animals that have impressive senses and abilities. Horses have extraordinary balance, impressive flight or fight responses to predators and have a life span of 25-30 years, thus making a horse a longtime companion. Horses not only have an impressive resume for religions like the Amish, who use horse and buggy to