Jimmy Blevins is in All the Pretty Horses.
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Jimmy is small, doesn't go down easy, and you'll probably want to go right after meeting him.He's an expert at getting both himself and others into trouble, and is the main reason why John and Rawlins are in this situation.
He has an outsized sense of pride.When he and the other boys stop over for dinner at the house of a friendly family, Blevins ends up falling over backward after he finishes his meal, forgetting that he is sitting on a bench and not a chair.The daughters of the family laugh at this, and Blevins has to leave, saying twice that he doesn't like to be laughed at.The night is spent outside like a family dog.
It's also Blevins' pride that causes him the most harm.He persuaded John and Rawlins to steal his horse despite his complaints that he should let it be, and he was driven to get his pistol back from them for the same reason.The horse is probably not his, but he won't let other people take things from him at any cost.
We don't know if "Jimmy Blevins" is his real name, but he seems to have taken the name from a famous radio preacher.His horse is too fancy to be his, he doesn't look nearly 16 years old, and he is willing to make any wild boasts to look good or get his way.
In the process of getting drunk on cactus juice, he insists that he's drunk before and "this ain't nothing", as well as faking knowledge of horse riding.His combination of deadly skill and childish preoccupation with image and brag is what makes him unique.He sometimes does or says bad things because of the insecurity in his boasts and character.
Despite the fact that he gets the novel's two protagonists in so much trouble, they can't help but reflect on the injustice of his execution and be sad about how he went out.Jimmy Blevins tried to shield his wounded pride after falling over at the dinner table, but not.