Compare And Contrast All The Pretty Horses And No Country For Old Men

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Both All the Pretty Horses and No Country for Old Men have a lot in common between the common setting, style, and themes of the stories. The common setting for both is the borderlands between Texas and Mexico. The sparse setting in both cases helps to create a desolate mood, where the events of the story seem more lifelike and intense. The same style is employed by McCarthy in both books, both have longs descriptions and imagery coupled with a lack of heavily structured and punctuated dialogue. The themes of both stories seem to emulate that desire to survive and thrive within the context of the situation the character is residing within. In All the Pretty Horses, John Grady Cole decides for a life of hardship as a cowboy in the desert, and

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