For this fourth reading I read from the start of part two to the break on page 132. While John Grady first sees Alejandra in the first part of the book, it is in this reading that a relationship starts to form between them. John Grady and Rawlins begin breaking horses and John Grady gets a promotion. And although he doesn’t say it, I think that Rawlins is a little upset that he and his friend are becoming more separated with John Grady moving out of the bunk house. He’s a good friend though and tells John Grady to take the promotion.
On the note of style, something I noticed before but am going to point out now because it occurs in this reading is that McCarthy has people come into the story or mentioned in dialogue throughout the story but does not outright explain who they are. This makes the reader feel more like he or she is in the story, experiencing things as they are happening in the lives of the characters because in life there is no narration to explain everything you don’t understand.
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