Effective Use of Dialogue in All the Pretty Horses Essay -- Pretty Ho

 Effective Use of Dialogue in All the Pretty Horses   All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy, is, among other things, an exploration of its main character, John Grady Cole. The author chooses delivery carefully and sparingly when creating conversation for Cole. In doing so, McCarthy creates poetic effects and rich meaning from limited verbiage. This legendist lets his readers start up to know his main character largely through negotiation quite of through direct description. In this way, readers chance on the techniques used by McCarthy comparable to those used by Ernest Hemingway in many another(prenominal) of his books and short stories. Like the dialogue of Hemingways protagonists, Coles speech is sparse, but it is indicative of a great deal of meaning.  In Coles brief discourse, wise readers can find many individuality indicators that dish us to understand this stoic character. The first verbal exchange of this novel only requires 17 words of Cole. The first twelve words sound out us a great deal considering the limited number of words used    I appreciate you lighting the candle, he said.  Como? La candela. La vela. (4) On the first inception of Coles dialogue, he shows his appreciation of a kind-heartedness done for him. This act suggests some goodness in his character. This sentence is in English. The person speaking with Cole in this scene replies in Spanish, and we find that our protagonist is at least bilingual in the next line when he replies to the other speaker in Spanish. The fact that Cole knows ii different Spanish words for candle suggests a more encompassing understanding of his second language. Readers will find that this is not the only pillow slip of individuality indicators expressed in Coles speech. McCarth... ...r He decides (60). John Grady Cole clear does not state that the end of the world, or anything virtually the end of the world, will be effected by anything he does. Coles God is in charge. nigh readers may judge by word-count that Cole doesnt say very a great deal in this novel, but such is not the case. Cormac McCarthys protagonist, John Grady Cole, tells us a great deal about himself through his dialogue. The author of this book, like many contemporary writers, expects a lot of his readers, and rewards close examinations of his work with deep insights about his characters. The near-poetic density of the language of John Grady Cole helps the author to speak volumes without having to wash up the reader over the head with obvious conclusions.    Evocal to the intelligent alone--for the rest they contract interpreters.  --Motto Pindar, Olympian Odes, 285-6