Cormac McCarthy uses an informal style when writing All the Pretty Horses. “His name aint Smith its Rawlins. And he aint a criminal. I’ve known him all my life. We were raised together. We went to the same school,” is a good example of the informal style of writing used. That passage uses improper grammar, no commas or quotation marks, and is written like how people speak. Vulgar language is also uses throughout the story. The author also uses imagery, and metaphoric, and ironic devices in the novel. On page 129, imagery and a metaphor can be found. “The black horse standing in the lake behind her patient as a dog,” uses the word black to describe the horse and compares the horse with a dog in the metaphor. The language is homespun