Chapter Summary: All The Pretty Horses

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All The Pretty Horses: Summary Section 1
All The Pretty Horses opens at the funeral of John Grady Cole in 1949. As of 1949, John Grady is 16 and has spent his entire life on his grandfather’s ranch. After the death of his grandfather, John’s mother wants to sell the ranch. Even though his mother has told him of her intentions to sell it, John desperately wants run the ranch. A visit to their family lawyers affirms that there is nothing he can do, from this visit he also learns that his parents have become officially divorced. After his final visit with his father, which is ultimately his goodbye, John goes to see his mother in a play in San Antonio. After this he makes the final decision to leave San Angelo for Mexico with his friend Rawlins.

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