Stereotypes In The Searchers Movie

In the movies The Searchers by John Ford in 1956 and Cowboys and Alien by Jon Favreau in 2011 there is a large variation of how race and gender are represented in the movie. Even though these movies are 50 years apart there is are obvious links and differences in how race and gender are portrayed in these two movies. Race in The Searchers is portrayed by marginalising the Cherokee Indians. In The Searchers the Cherokee Indians are portrayed as “childish savages”, who hunt and kill “innocent” family’s and people and are the antagonists of the movie. However the Westerners are portrayed as the heroes of the

Deloria explains that “the naming of an anomaly simultaneously re-creates and empowers the very same categories that it escapes” (Deloria, 5). Within the medium of film, especially Westerns, people might automatically deem Native Americans as types of anomalies if they do not fit certain expectations of what people already think about Native Americans. The character Martin Pawley in John Ford’s film The Searchers could be considered an anomaly without further examination. However, in this case, Martin’s character has the potential to be considered in a more positive

“When people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes, rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the level of heart, mind, spirit, their ability to assess and understand people accurately is compromised” (Forbes). In the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian a Indian boy named Arnold lives on a reservation and decides to leave the reservation and go to a white high school. In the movie, The Searchers the Indians attack a white family's house and abduct a little white girl, the girl's uncle, Ethan goes after the Indians years later after coming back from the war to bring her back home. There are many similarities between the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and the movie, The Searchers,

Dances With Wolves, directed by Kevin Costner, and The Searchers, directed by John Ford, looks into the fabric of this country's past. The media has created a false image of the relationship between Native Americans and White men to suppress the cruel and unfortunate reality. Both directors wanted to contradict these stereotypes, but due to the time period the films were created, only one film was successful. Unlike The Searchers, Dancing With Wolves presents a truly realistic representation of Native Americans.

As a human, no one really likes to be the victim of stereotyped. No one wants to be looked at get judged because the different of their skin color, culture, religion or by the choice of their outfit. Finding Forrester is a great drama movie based on significantly of different racial situation. In the movie there are two main characters, William Forrester-an author who isolated himself from the world, and Jamal Wallace-a black teenage boy from the Bronx. They become great friends despite generation gap through their passion for reading and writing.

When we look at the stereotype in the lost series, another factor that can influence media is unfairness. Sayid Jarrah in the story was described as an Iraqi Republican Guard and served in the Gulf war. When everyone in the island saw sayid for the first time they all felt little scary and thought he might be terrorist till they find out he is actually a republican guard from Iraq. If we look at Sayid’s past he was ordered to torture his childhood friend Nadia but instead he helped her escape and didn't see her for years afterward which shows his kindness and on the island he been very loyal and brave to the other survivors by immediately takes charge and lights a signal fire the first night on the island to catch the attention of any other

All of the different types of characters in the film made the movie more diverse and made it a film everybody could relate to. There were stories about hispanics, chinese, african-americans, persians, and caucasians.

Harmful racial stereotypes have plagued the entertainment industry since blackface minstrel shows began in New York in the early 1800’s. Although the structure of minstrel shows changed over time; the images, blackface, and the caricatures of blacks continued. Early Hollywood films sustained the racist tradition of white actors performing in blackface with numerous silent movies that included white actors playing non-white characters in a particularly stereotypical fashion. Eventually non-white actors were allowed to play themselves in film, however they were cast in extremely prejudiced roles that degraded themselves like “the coon”, “the tom”, “the black buck” or “the mammy” for African American actors, and “the bandito”, “the greaser”, “Latin lover” or the “spitfire for Latino actors. Although there are some productive ambiguities within some of these roles, they are ultimately damaging.

The melodramatic film Crash, directed by Paul Higgins, consists of multiple storylines that portray how such antagonistic people come to meet in the most unusual situations. The film shows how characters clash or crash into each other in the most unusual situations. This demonstrates to the audience from an outside perspective the unreasonable or stereotypical opinions formed on one another. As well as the outcome of these crashes and whether they are positive or negative outcomes. A crash that occurs in the film is a scene of Christine and Cameron where t A black SUV is reported stolen by two black men.

It is vital to bring up that Anderson, who is from the zone and has felt this sort of displeasure towards others, has altered his opinion. He now trusts that scorn and bias aren't right. The motion picture endeavors to appear, with this illustration, that even the individuals who have been raised with disdain and bias in their souls can alter their way of life. He was the person who was against Agent Ward acquiring many specialists and the media to the territory. This activity only heightened the dedication of the Klan. The lesson here is that individuals are characteristically impervious to change. The change must be continuous in nature. He likewise demonstrated that, with a specific end goal to change the convictions of these individuals, one should first start to comprehend them, and after that he or she should invalidate their convictions through discourse and data

The film industry has played a remarkable role in the creating people’s ideas towards Native people. Due to the media, myths stereotypes and misconceptions of Native people are increasing in the American society (Vrasidas, 2000). “When Native Americans are presented as characters in mainstream, dominant stories, it is rarely as sympathetic heroes or complicated, well-rounded protagonists. Instead, their presence is to provide a sense of lurking danger in the storyline” (Darla, 2011, p. 243). She explained further that Native people are shown as historic and obsolete to the society rather than present individuals who has their own feelings, stories and fears (Darla, 2011).

In the second chapter of his book, Childhood Indians: Television, film and sustaining the White (sub)conscience, Raul Chavez describes the common notion of modern racism in America as something that is invisible and overlooked. Chavez discusses the effects of racist thinking as perpetuated by a collective denial of its existence in present society. The continuations of racism in modern America is, unfortunately, upheld by ignoring that it is still happening. The film The Exiles by Kent Mackenzie offers a way to counteract the denial and ignorance of continued racial thinking in modern society in a way that escapes common racial stereotypes.

“Film is more than the instrument of a representation; it is also the object of representation. It is not a reflection or a refraction of the ‘real’; instead, it is like a photograph of the mirrored reflection of a painted image.” (Kilpatrick) Although films have found a place in society for about a century, the labels they possess, such as stereotypes which Natives American are recognized for, have their roots from many centuries ago (Kilpatrick). The Searchers, a movie directed by John Ford and starred by John Wayne, tells the story of a veteran of the American Civil War and how after his return home he would go after the maligned Indians who killed his family and kidnapped his younger niece. After struggling for five years to recover

Throughout world history, it is evident that Native Americans have struggled in society ever since the landing of Christopher Columbus in North America. Ever since the film industry began in the 1890s, Native Americans have been depicted in many negative ways by film makers. One particular way film makers degrade Native Americans by making their white characters convert into Indians or “go Native” and eventually they always become better than the original Indians in the film. This notion has been repeated in many films, three significant films were it is evident is in The Searchers, Little Big Man, and Dances with Wolves.

Never judge book by its cover is something we all have learned by now, but also never judge a person by their looks. In the film Crash we can see this throughout the whole movie. We can also see every character is stereotyping not only themselves, but everybody they see. The film starts with the narrator saying “It the sense of touch, any real city you walk you brush by people. In L.A. nobody touches you we are always behind this metal and glass, I think we missed that touch so much that we crash right into each other that way we can just feel something.” When I heard this the first thoughts that came into my mind was is it really true? Actually it is in other cities everybody gets along well. While, in L.A there is so many different races