Reader Response: Pale Horse, Pale Rider

Reader Response #3

In the book version of Pale Horse, Pale Rider, a particularly important, symbolic paragraph occurs nearly two-thirds of the way through. This paragraph, in the Archive.org version below, spans from pp. 230-232 and starts with the interior monologue "I must talk to Bill first" (230). Read this paragraph. Then, in a 300-word or more response, with multiple textual quotations included and cited, provide a close reading of Porter's language choices in this paragraph. What symbols stand out to you the most, and what do they mean? End your response by mentioning how this paragraph fits into the larger action and events of the book.



Link to Archive.org version:



https://archive(dot)org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.184599/page/n237/mode/2up?q=179