What is “family of choice”? How does it play into All The Pretty Horses? Back it up and explain.
- How does “family of choice” play into other pieces of literature? Into modern life? Back it up and explain.
- Why does John Grady go to Mexico? Why does Rawilins go to Mexico? How do those reasons represent their differences and beliefs? Back it up and explain.
- What is more important in old-school cowboy culture—loyalty or the law? Back it up and explain.
- Why is it so important for John Grady to reclaim some piece of himself from before prison (gear, the horse, the Captain)? Back it up and explain.
- What’s the difference between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law? How does it play out in All The Pretty Horses? Back it up and explain.
- Why is it so important in life and in All The Pretty Horses to be loyal to “the people you ride with” (friends/partners)? Back it up and explain.
- Why do you think John Grady leaves his home a second time? Back it up and explain.
- Why does McCarthy bookend the narrative with burials (grandfather/beloved housekeeper)? What tone does this set? What ideas does it encourage? Back it up and explain.
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