... the Mexican jail, which besieged John with excruciating pain. Hazard and choice were integral in the consummation of John Grady's quest. John Grady Cole was the stereotypical cowboy superimposed into a modern world, in which his romantic conception of the West, along with the ritualistic code of passion, skill, justice, loyalty, and honor it entails, was subjected to physically and psychologically turbulent ... an outing with Rawlins to purchase new clothing, which concluded with a detour at a local dive; hazard once again united John Grady with Alejandra: as their irises embraced from ...

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