John Grady Character Traits

 Although Blevins is this mysterious character that seems to have all this extensive experience in guns and horses, he in fact is still very immature. There is a big storm which terrifies Blevins. Multiple members of his family have been killed or badly injured from storms. Blevins believes that this is the same fate that has been chosen for him. He then panics and leaves all his belongings and hides in some sort of ditch. When the storm is over the boys realize Blevins clothes and horse are gone. When Blevins disappears Rawlins tries to convince John Grady to leave Blevins. When John Grady refuses, a few of his character traits and values are clearly revealed. The reader realizes that Grady is obviously loyal, compassionate, and mature. These traits, in a way go hand in hand. Even though Grady has only known Blevins for a short period of time, he feels an aspect of loyalty to Blevins. He feels that they have enough of a connection and friendship already that he owes it to Blevins to help him out of this predicament. This loyalty also shows that Grady is compassionate. He could easily leave Blevins and start on his own journey but he refuses. Lastly this shows that John Grady is mature. He realizes that despite his young age of 16, in this situation he is the elder. Blevins is only 13 and not as mature as the other two boys. Grady understands that Blevins will have a hard time on his own and makes the mature decision to pursue him.