All the Pretty Horses Lesson Plan

“In the end we all come to be cured of our sentiments. Those whom life does not cure death will” (238).

This is a quote from Dueña Alfonsa as she’s talking to John Grady. What do you think it means? How does this philosophy apply to John Grady's life?

This is a deeply philosophical line in which students may find a lot of different types of meaning. However, as it relates to the content of the book, its meaning seems something along the lines of the view that the experience of life will set us straight and make us wiser than our feelings will. Stronger than feelings is the truth of reality. However, sometimes, our feelings lead us to death. And regardless, when we die,...