Tombstone: Fact or Fiction Essay

In many modern "period piece" movies, the screenwriters put extra effort in world building so that the film's story can seem more real. One example of this kind of movie is 1993's Tombstone. Tombstone follows Wyatt Earp and his family in their struggle to peacefully live alongside a violent gang called the Cowboys. Between periods of tense hostility and character growth, this film gives viewers a wide and varied scope of how life was in 1881 Arizona.

In the articles "Whispers from the Grave" by Katia Bachko and "The Haunted House" by Valerie Worth it mentions how even before scary horror movies where made, people where almost addicted to scary stories, scary movies, and scary things in general. In the article "Whispers from the Grave," it talks about how back in the day people would love to have a medium come to their house, it was like having a celebrity in your house, and when a medan was in the state word spread very quickly. The article says “In Sarah's day—before movies or television—visiting a medium was an extremely popular form of entertainment. Many Americans thought it was possible to communicate vdth the spirits of those who had died. Mediums like Adam Coons were thought to be bridges to the "other side"—that is, the unknown world beyond the grave.

     Some say that people never change. They may be right, but no one really knows. What people do know is that every living person has one thing in common, something that will never change. Everyone will die, there’s no way around it. Every “new” and “old” generation will succumb to the same ghastly fate. The differences in the “old” generation and “new” generation sometimes collide in life. The contrast between generations in James Joyce’s “The Dead” is similar to the contrast in the generations today. The “baby boomer” generation is the old fashioned generation preoccupied with hospitality and tradition, where as, “generation x” is the new generation, preoccupied with knowledge and intellect.

In the novel The Dead, Gabriel Conroy, who is the nephew of Julia and Kate Morkan, is the main character of the story. One night he and his wife attended a party, which was given by his two aunts, and there were many other members in the party. The story revolves around their life and memories.Gabriel Conroy felt a blur between his soul and the dead. Some people died, but they are still alive because they have true love. Some people are alive, but they are still dead because they never love.I like the story for three reasons.

In the article "GSW" Courtney Moreno states the patient was a GSW: gunshot wound. The patient's information was unknown so he was referred as John Doe. He was heavily tattooed so they assumed he was a gang member. The Police arrived and were on scene much sooner than the EMTs were. They didn't call it in because they thought he was dead. While they were looking for clues towards the case, they noticed the patient was still alive. The piece of his mind that controlled his breathing remained, amazingly, in place. They rushed him to the ER. They then knew this was a case of a dying man. The patient passed away in the ER. Moreno's partner didn’t think he was worth saving. Moreno didn't think it was their decision whether someone dies or not. After

I learned so much about Wyatt Earp’s life, but it was also very entertaining. Some of my favorite things about this movie were the acting, the battle scenes, and the scenes where Doc and Wyatt were gambling. The acting in this movie, I feel, was really good. It seemed like the actors, were truly the characters, and not just people pretending to be them. Val Kilmer did an excellent job playing Doc Holliday, he did not break character and was very serious, just like Doc was. I felt like I lived in Tombstone, and knew the characters by the end of the movie. The showdown behind the O.K. Corral also seemed very realistic. The shooting all looked real, and it looked like the showdown was actually happening. I also really enjoyed the gambling scenes. They were very fun to watch, and full of exciting surprises. The movie was gory, and there was blood and violence. I believe there was a perfect balance of violence though, because the true story did have a lot of fighting, but it was not too gory. As well as learning specific facts, I learned a few valuable lessons from watching this movie. One lesson I took out of the film is to never give up. Wyatt Earp wanted to stop the cowboys, and did not want them to hurt the town of Tombstone any more. He knew that the cowboys were tough, and very dangerous, but he was very determined to stop them. He fought many tough battles, and refused to give up. Wyatt Earp, his

During Dr. Bowen’s autopsy, Mrs. Borden revealed to have been hit nineteen times, killed by the same hatchet or ax that had killed Mr. Borden, who was hit eleven times. Mrs. Borden’s blood had started to get dark and congeal, showing Dr. Bowen that she was killed before Mr. Borden.

The autopsies showed that his death was not a suicide, but her was murdered by someone else. Due to the depth of the wound the weapon use was said to a switchblade or some kind of pocket knife. Doctors predicted that is help was called or if he was found, his life could have been saved.

The concept and belief of honor in the Columbian culture in Chronicle of a Death Foretold is one of the deciding aspects of the character's actions, motives, and beliefs. Nobody questions the actions taken to preserve ones honor because it is such an important moral trait that one must cherish. In this society a man or woman without honor is an outcast to the community and to the culture. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold two twin brothers are burdened with defending this tradition of honor. The brothers find out that their sister has lost her virginity before marriage and she claims that Santiago Nasar is to blame. To regain the honor of their sister, and their family the brothers believe it is their duty to kill Santiago Nasar. Could such

The gunfight was only thirty seconds and exactly thirty bullets were shot. The outcome was three men dead, two men were wounded, three were unharmed, although two men left the fight. The men were mischievous and blasphemous towards each other. The two sides the Lawmen and the Cowboys were seeking major vengeance with each other. They wanted retribution to see which side would have full control over the fate of Cochise County and the Tombstone, Arizona. County Sheriff John Behan told the Law men that the Cowboys were unarmed and they simply wanted to leave town peacefully. Wyatt and his brothers really wanted to confront his enemies. They became so angry they marched up to them and cussed them out and Wyatt said “you’re looking for a fight and now you can have it.” Till this very day no one knows who pulled their guns out first. They believe that the Law men pulled their weapons out first and shot right away. While two men ran for their lives. One stayed but was

Knowledge is the information in which we perceive to be the truth of the world around us. However, all knowledge is susceptible to change depending of the bias of the character. Gabriel García Márquez demonstrates this issue in the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold by exploiting the understanding of knowledge through fabula and syuzhet.

It is commonly known that the American Wild West took place in the 1860’s and dragged on all the way to the early 1900’s. Through this time period there were gunslingers, prostitutes, and overall just a rough life for the people. They had to make money in any way they could, but movies about the Wild West often get that wrong. They glorify it, and make it seem like this time period was the best and easy to live in, but in reality nothing was the way that these films make it seem. The Wild West in the 1860’s is portrayed inaccurately in Hollywood’s films.

While not the whole story, the legend of Wyatt Earp has led to many films, however these films often fabricate or remove details. My Darling Clementine, Tombstone, and Wyatt Earp all offer different perspectives into the legend of Wyatt Earp.

Medieval China, as seen in the Stories from a Ming Collection, was characterized by distinct separations between men and women’s abilities, typical old fashioned family structure, and a desire to advance their social status. Throughout all the stories in this book, it dives deep into different aspects of how men and women are treated, how families were structured and how that affects their lives, as well as the values these people held. A very common trend in the stories was how different men and women were treated and the limitations they may or may not had.

Yoav Landau, who goes by the pseudonym, “The Living Tombstone”, is an Israeli musician who is fondly renowned for his remixes of video-game soundtracks, including games such as Five Nights at Freddy’s and Super Smash Brothers. However, not only is he cognisant for video-game remixes, he is also disseminated notoriously and controversially within YouTube community for his ’My Little Pony’ remixes. We spoke to Landau in early December of 2014 in regards to his involvement within the ‘Brony’ subculture, his contentions to the public’s stereotypical perceptions, and how the ‘Bronies’ have renegaded mainstream