All the Pretty Horses Pd. 3 Connector Paula Ferrara
After reading this section of the book, it is clear John Grady’s life has taken a dramatic turn. He’s now a prized employee to a wealthy rancher. He has also fallen for a girl named Alejandra. They’re very first encounter is, from John Grady’s point of view, love at first sight. Their love is jeopardized by the fact that she is his boss’ daughter and he is one of her father’s most prized employee. If the boss ever found out John Grady was dating his daughter, he would fire him and Rawlins and the two would lose the good lives they’ve gained. This is made clear by Alejandra’s aunt, who vaguely tells John Grady that it would be a bad idea for him to date her niece.
Despite the warnings and the dangers, John Grady and Alejandra engage in a secret relationship. This is very connected to Romeo and Juliet. In Shakespeare’s play, the star-crossed lovers are forbidden to even like each other because of the feud between their two families. However, just like in this book, Romeo falls for Juliet on sight and they are secretly married secretly. As everyone knows, the play ends in a tragedy with Romeo and Juliet dying.
Do you think John Grady and Alejandra’s romance will end in tragedy like Romeo and Juliet’s, or do you think they will end up living happily ever after? Do you think their relationship had something to do with John Grady and Rawlins being taken away at the end of the section?
Category: Per 3 WotW Con 3 comments »
April 5th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I think this is very much connected to Romeo and Juliet as you said and here is another connection to that. When John Grady and Rawlins are taken away that is like when Romeo is banished for killing Tybalt in the end of Act III.
However even though this story is so very much connected to Romeo and Juliet I do not think that it in tragedy. Actually I think they will live happily ever after.
No I think they were taken away solely because of stealing back the horse.
-Kody
April 5th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Paula what a great connection! This is wonderful. I never thought about it that way, but I see it and it all makes sense. I am going to go along with what Kody said about when the boys are taken away, this is like when Romeo is banashed. However, I think that John Grady and Rawlins are going to be sent back to America. I believe that them being sent back to America is going to be the tragic ending for John Grady and Anjelina. It would be really cool if Anjelina went back to America with John.
-Abbey
April 5th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
I think that All the Pretty Horses can easily relate to Romeo and Juliet like you said Paula. The two stories are similar because they are based around forbidden love. At this point, it seems that they will both end the same way with Grady and Rawlins being imprisoned at the end. Although it is not made clear for what, we can assume that it is for his affair with Alejandra. We must also keep in mind that Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, and All the Pretty Horses is a novel, so it would be understandable if the two would have different endings. I believe that the end of the book will find John Grady and Alejandra in love, but unable to be together.
-Ditz