The book All the Pretty Horses has gotten much better. In the beginning, there was ceratinly too much description, and i hate books with alot of description. However, following their settling on the ranch, Grady and Rawlins have certainly had a lot to deal with.
A good quote from the book is: " The older of the girls said that if his novia truly loved him she would marry him no matter what but the boy was not so encouraging and he said that even in families of the rich a girl could not go against the wishes of her father," (McCarthy 243).
It just shows the thematic idea of gender roles and how from an early age, children knew the unspoken rules of society. The boy is clearly illustrating how families are strictly patricarchal and that a women must please her father and marry whomever he deems best. The older girl suggests that a woman could possibly break free of any restrains if she really wanted to. This kind of resembles the rebel in Alejandra like when she was telling Grady before that she was controlled by her aunt and didn't want to be.
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