Blog Post #11

I finished All the Pretty Horses and I did not like the ending. It was very despondant and seemed like it the author was ready to end it 20 pages before the actual ending! I don't understand why John Grady acted the way he did. I realize that his life has just fallen apart following, Alajandra's rejection but I didn't forsee this impacting his usual melancholic, affable nature that much. The one thing I really didn't understand was why he heated up the pistol barrel and then put it on his bullet wounds! Maybe there is a good explanation but I can't seem to find any. And also, I thought that the sudden revelation that Grady felt about his dad dying was extremely weird. It felt rushed, as if it was included only to speed up the ending.