All the Pretty Horses -- Second Response

Dear classmates reading All the Pretty Horses,

After finishing the next thirty pages of All the Pretty Horses, I can certainly say it is growing on me!  The novel is beginning to show a little more excitement.  I would characterize the first thirty pages of the novel as dull, but that is not the case for the next thirty.  John Grady and Rawlins began their adventure south together.  As a team I find the two of them to be quite funny.  My favorite part of the section has to be when the two of them banter to decide whether or not they should kill Blevins.  I laughed out loud when one of them said "I aint diggin no grave like we done that last one."  Besides the humor, I think both John Grady and Rawlins matured a little more when they left their home.  Grady even says to Rawlins that he does "look like some kind of desperado."  When I picture a desperado, I picture a grown and untidy man, capable of many fetes.  I believe McCarthy wants us to look past that the kids are only sixteen years old, as they take on more responsibility that any sixteen year old does today.  Every once in a while though they do act like children.  Rawlins worries about what "they're saying at home about now?"  Finally, I like the way that Blevins becomes"accepted" by John Grady and Rawlins.  After he shoots a hole straight through the pocket book, John Grady and Rawlins do not question Blevins following them any more.  It seems like it is the equivalent of kicking a 50 yard field goal in football.  You may not like the guy, but its a respectable shot and worth your approval!