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Major American writers - The Search for Meaning on Horseback.
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Kari Carr Major American Writers The Search for Meaning on Horseback I grew up on horseback in the Red River Valley of Minnesota, reading Louis L'Amour stories with stoic, rugged characters. John Grady Cole, protagonist in All the Pretty Horses, is a kid seeking a new life and meaning in the world. Cole, a 16-year-old Texan, travels to Mexico on horseback with his trusted friend Lacey Rawlins. Along the way, they meet different characters who shape the course of their adventures. The search for identity is a major theme in many great novels and John Grady Cole seeks his identity with passion and heart. The story is at once a coming-of-age tale and a western, but written with descriptions of landscapes and horses that are often breathtaking and finely detailed. McCarthy's unusual predilection for leaving out punctuation and brief dialogue enhances the personalities, or lack thereof, of the characters he creates....
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