Well, this novel was going nice and steadily, with some nice romance and other things, until the boys were kidnapped and made prisoners! It doesn't seem right that a character like Blevins, young and full of life, should have to be tortured and have his feet mangled. But to have him killed? I know that he killed a man when he was trying to escape, which was wrong of him, but he was not the killer and theif that he was accused of being. And now John Grady and Rawlins, who took no part in Blevin's actions, have to bear some punishment and accusion themselves. Perhaps the death of Blevins symbolizes the end of the Western hero, and perhaps John Grady will now have to change to adjust to his changing, more modern world.
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