Essay about Gunsmoke Synthesis

Throughout today’s society, media contributes to almost everyone’s daily life. From informative news channels to comical television shows, media proves to be effective in advertisement, releasing messages and informing the audience. Although media proves to be wildly effective in advertising, releasing messages and informing the audience, periodically destructive and misleading messages are provided to the audience and directly influencing women. Cultural critics widely agree that media tends to negatively influence women and all the critics point to research which supports the belief that women are portrayed as subordinate to men, having no

Matt has always worried about what could happen to his children and protected them to the best of his abilities. He felt hopeless that there was nothing he could’ve done to prevent his son’s death. Matt knew there was a way to help Ruth feel better and she knew what his intentions were. He told Willis, “She knows I started carrying it after the first time she saw him in town. She knows it’s in case I see him, and there’s some kind of a situation—”. (Dubus 95). He started carrying the gun around to use against Richard if the opportunity ever came. The narrator states, “Each day he felt the same and when he was able to forget how he felt, when he was able to force himself not to feel that way, the eyes of his clerks and customers defeated him.” (Dubus 98). By this time, Matt’s id decided it was time to kill Richard. His plan was to kidnap him with Willis’ help, this is his ego making sure everything is right so he doesn’t get caught. Although, Matt had a lot of opportunities to kill him throughout the night, he didn’t. His superego made him hesitate until Richard tried to run

Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer that tells the story of a young man who's been in his 20s, went into Alaska alone and died, however their are more about him that we did not think about. That he makes us understand the real Chris McCandless, from a bibliographic point a view. The people he met, his actions, and Chris own ideas to have one reason to go to Alaska. Chris McCandless is a humble person, he went into the wilderness to test himself the feeling of his own belief about taking a break from socially, to journey without the help of friends that to offer him help to make his journey easier. Furthermore he, does not want them and his family to be part of his odyssey journey for the sake of a test for him to survive alone without having

It has recently been brought to my attention that our school is looking to adopt a sustainable menu into our meal program and I would like to give my viewpoint on the matter. As one many students here at Oxford Academy this change will affect me directly. Although people may at first oppose this conversion I think if we are able to overcome the first obstacles, this change would bring a great positive impact to the environment and the health of our students.

In the middle and late part of the nineteenth century, the West was a harsh and dangerous place to live. Bar fights and murders were being committed in every town. This was acceptable behavior however in those days. Men settled their problems face-to-face, and normally, the slower man ended up dead. Gunfighting in the West was started and carried on by a group of men known as the Clanton Gang. Old Man Clanton was the leader and founder of gunfighting, his sons carried some of his fights and continued with their own fights, and his last surviving son parted with gunfighting and started his own successful business.      

Kansas, as well as the other new territories, was extremely valuable to both the North and South, increasing the tension between the two sides. The settlement of Kansas would throw off the unsteady balance in place between the slave and non-slave states. Regarding this balance, Guelzo describes, “Proslavery southerners wanted Kansas, because Kansas sat on the western border of Missouri; a free state would hem in slave state Missouri...eventually so weaken the pro-slavery influence in Missouri that Missourians might abandon slavery, turn Missouri into a free state, and cost the slave South several vital seats in Congress” (1084).The South was faced with a struggle against the North for territorial power. If Kansas became a free state, it would

As the gun control issue began to heat up a timely find was made, a poem by Carl Sandburg. The first half of the poem reads, “Here is a revolver. It has an amazing language all its own. It delivers unmistakable ultimatums. It is the last word. A simple, little human forefinger can tell a terrible story with it. Hunger, fear, revenge, robbery hide behind it. It is the claw of the jungle made quick and powerful. It is the club of the savage turned to magnificent precision” (Doyle, 2013). This is an incredibly powerful poem that encompasses the terrifying power of a gun. Those who wield it hide behind and rely on its power as they commit horrible

But there wasn't only rifles there were also pistols. there was the 1860 the colt dragoon revolvers the Remington 1858 and the Smith and Wesson.

He influenced the people of the United States by telling them that they shouldn’t allow segregation any more. Marshall said “In recognizing the humanity of our fellow

Overall Miller causes us to respond to Giles Corey through his presentation of him as a “comical hero” who sacrifices his life for loyalty displaying qualities we only hope for in

One of the most telling things about Marshall’s loyalty and state of mind comes through with the death of his brother. He pauses briefly on his way to meet his king fresh from captivity, only to meet with the widow then he is off again to meet the king. During the time it is accepted the king would have understood his late arrival but Marshall cared more about placing himself in high standing to his lord, showing his loyalty yet again.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance included round and flat characters, diegetic  and non-diegetic elements, while making an impact on American Cinema. Western films, according to Richard Barsam, and Dave Monahan, “predates the invention of motion pictures, and this single genre has fascinated European Americans since the frontier was just a few hundred miles inland from the eastern coast” (102-103) .     Previously, in chapter four; “a round character was described as a complex character possessing numerous, subtle, repressed, or contradictory traits. Round characters often develop over the course of a story” (127) . These characteristics precisely describe the fictional character Ransom Stoddard.

Some people might say that not everyone lie and put up false fronts for their own personal gain. However, sad to say that everyone does – even if it is unintentional – put up a kind of front or lies for their own personal gain whether it is a positive or negative way. You see it in everyday society whether it is from a personal experience with yourself being the one lying or you being the one lied to. You see it in various pieces of literature. You can also see it on any type of social media or even in movies.

In the article, “Be Sure You 're Right, Then Go Ahead: The Davy Crockett Gun Craze" by Sarah Nilsen, the author tries to show how the gun crazy brought on by the Davy Crockett TV show of the 50s munipulated the viewers into accepting childhood gunplay as harmless. She states, "I intend to cast some light on the way that children 's television programming, and in particular Disney, was able to motivate a particular conception of guns in American culture, while effectivelly diffusing broader social concerns and criticisms over gunplay". She also ties this gun crazy to the National Rifle Association by their use of the social media of that era. And that the NRA used the populaity of the Disney show Davy Crockett, to promote their agenda by showing our historical past was centered on the gun and its ' use on the frontier by early Americas settlers. This was done to try and ease adults fear of childhood gunplay. Some government officials and adults believed the acceptance of childhood gunplay may have been the cause of the increase in juvenile delinquency. She also made reference to WWII, the fear of Communism and the returning war vets and how this led to the increase in the production and sale of guns.

Chief Bowers also voiced concern over inconsistent application of rules and standards of conduct. In his experience, everyone believes his or her situation is unique and therefore requires “special” consideration. The very nature of bearing arms demands a