Comparison Of Lassiter And The Heroine In Riders Of The Purple Sage

It shows that, by abusing Minerva, he himself is a violent person. One of the factors as to why his regime is riddled with so much violence is the fact that he is violent, and rubbing his personality off into his rule. This evidence also shows the connection between Trujillo’s oppressive style and violence. In this case, the violence is both caused by and is oppression.

McMurtry creates a story about his family, based on their accounts left to him in memoirs and letters throughout the years. McMurtry’s ultimate purpose is to narrate an expressive literary essay that uses humor and drama to attract the attention of the reader. While discussing cowboys and their straightforward wisdom, he concludes that cowboys’ observations turn into aphorisms. One such aphorism he finds particularly appealing is as follows: “A woman’s love is like the morning dew, it’s just as likely to fall on a horseturd as on a rose” (149). McMurtry also includes a great deal of drama and suspense as well. At one point, he recalls his grandfather’s troublesome drinking; one day his grandmother issued an ultimatum, sober up or she would leave him. “The threat was undoubtedly made in earnest, and he took it so immediately to heart that he stopped drinking then and there, with a jug half full of whiskey hanging in the saddle room of the barn” (143).

In “The Cheater’s Guide to Love”, Junot Díaz presents a story about love that goes sour after the primary character, Yunior’s infidelity is discovered. But beyond just an emotionally bleak story, Díaz also uses the background of a love story gone bad to explore issues of race through Yunior’s narrative style, second-person point of view, and the characterization of the various women Yunior meets.

The traditional western hero has so closely synonymized itself with the image of the rugged, horse-riding, cowboy hat wearing, gun shooting white man, that a fearful wife and mother appears entirely antithetical to the very notion of the frontier hero. Yet, Louie L’amour adeptly crafts his western hero out of the very same aforementioned traits though his character Angie in The Gift of Cochise. Angie’s logical, pragmatic, and calculated actions, because of her role as a wife and mother, allow her to successfully advance westward independently and settle in Apache territory as the rightful western hero of the story. While various male characters attempt dutifully to satisfy Turner’s hypothesis of advancement westward, their reckless

The sexual politics of the man-woman relationship, or more specifically the sexual exploitation of women by men, is a clear concern in Margaret Atwood's "Backdrop Addresses Cowboy." Although the oppressor-as-male theme is by no means an original source of poetic inspiration, Atwood's distinction is that she views the destructive man-woman relationship as a metaphor for, symptom and symbol of, bigger things. From the vantage-point of feminine consciousness, Margaret Atwood empahsizes the "backdrop" as being not only the woman, but also the land and the spiritual life of the universe; the "cowboy" is both a man bent on personal gain (possibly an American based

is judged by people to believe that he is among that group and does violent

These characters possess more depth, such as stories ,and pasts because the characters ransform. Ford displays that westerns can be a legitimate genre laced with drama. His ability to suggest topics, rather than blatantly disobey production code makes this film unconventional and mature. Dallas’ character displays how many women have to rely on prostitution to survive because of the depleting economy and lack of jobs for women. It is not directly stated, but implied. Dallas is a complex because she does not allow her situation to hinder her from living her life. Although she escapes the western town because of local disapproval, she attempts to keep her kindness and grace. In the face of criticism, she is able to aid Miss Mallory in her birth and protect her child. Dallas’ character is able to present she is just more than just a prostitute. Ringo Kid not only challenges

In Document A it says, “ Kalingian’s killed in battle - 100,000. Died of Disease and Hunger - 150,000.” He was ruthless because he was the cause of all these people dying.

In Cormac McCarthy’s novel All the Pretty Horses, John Grady Cole’s actions often conflict with his thoughts and feelings. While he is really just a young man in search of a new life in mexico, his appearance and horseback escape from Texas make him seem like an outlaw. On the outside, Cole seems unphased and apathetic about violence throughout the novel. In his heart, he knows this is not the way he intends to live his life. Often times people conform to meet the expectations of those around them, but in the end, they find out who they really are.

There are so many different concerns that a lot of women have today, and just like there is today, in the past during the time of Larry McMurtry’s writing of the Lonesome Dove Saga, women had perhaps the same, or maybe even a little different, concerns throughout this time period that you come to find. These fully formed characters McMurtry introduces you to come to be; fun-loving, strong-minded, and heart-filled women.

Violence and war is notable throughout history. However, it is lazy to say that this proves humans are naturally violent. Rather than using nature as an excuse for those who chose to act violently it’s important we recognize that we have a choice to decide how we act. In Howard Zinn’s, “Violence and Human Nature” He shows that violence is not an instinct but that the environment in which they live in provokes them to act violently or peacefully depending on their choice (43). In City of God, a film concentrating on the gangs of Rio de Janeiro during the 1960’s to the 1980’s, specifically the township of Cidade de Deus, we are introduced to various characters who all make different choices under different motivations. Rocket, the little brother to a member of the Tender Trio, who are essentially the Robin Hood’s of the City of God, to act non-violently despite his environment and the influences around him.

In novels with heroes and heroines, the hero or heroine is brave and mentally strong; to

The typical conventions of the western genre included a male lead that fought crime while simultaneously saving the hopeless damsel in distress. Novels comparable to “True Grit” was revolutionary for female protagonists in accordance to the role females play in society. This novel shows that women are no longer expected to take care of the household, raise the kids or expect men to save the day. Even if the novel is a fictitious account of what the wild west was today’s readers are able to identify with a protagonist who questions the norm of society. The protagonist, Mattie, revealed she had “true” grit by vanquishing gender stereotypes to avenge her father’s death.

Westerns connote images of dirt, dust, guns, horses, cowboys and heroes: physically strong, iron-willed, independent, resourceful, quick-witted men. Although the modern Western (the writings of Louise L’Amour, Zane Grey and the numerous films starring John Wayne, Roy Rodgers, Gene Autry) seems to focus on this ideal hero, the genre actually also provides women with strong, self-reliant, active roles. In fact, many texts that precede the typical modern Western had females as the main characters. However, the role of the heroine still differs from that of the hero; the role does not defeminize women but gives them depth as characters. These women still retain their femininity and domesticity, but they also rescue those around them, take care

This most fearsome warrior has proven himself from the youngest age as worthy of honor and respect. He is driven by his father's legacy of shame and has no use for unsuccessful men. But as he projects his image of strength, we