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    In the movie "Dances with Wolves," we are presented with a portrayal of the relationship between American settlers and Native Americans in the 19th century. The movie offers a glimpse into the complexities of the situation, including the cultural and language barriers that existed between the two groups, as well as the violence and discrimination that often characterized their interactions. Overall, "Dances with Wolves" provides a thought-provoking commentary on this period of American history and

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    took this class several years ago. Dances With Wolves Essay Adrienne Redding No matter how you choose to categorize human beings, whether by race or religion, nationality or gender, the resultant categories will display at least one immutable constant. Each group, no matter how diverse their beliefs or how dissimilar their behaviors, will contain men of honest and peaceful natures as well as men of divisive and violent natures. In the film Dances With Wolves, we are exposed to two distinct categories

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    the white man and his plans for taking over the land. However, they were no match for the greater armies of white men in later years. One film was able to depict how the issues of race and culture has affected Native Americans in America. In Dances with Wolves, a white veteran of the Civil War, John Dunbar, ventures to the American frontier, where he encounters a tribe of Dakota (Sioux) Indians and befriends them. Throughout the film, we see how a white man develops a relationship with a band of Sioux

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    The movie I chose to analyze is Dances with Wolves. This film is about how an American Soldier is sent out west to prepare a Fort for his fellow troops. While doing his best to man his post, he befriends a Suiex Tribe nearby. By walking into their culture he learns that they are not the monsters his fellow Americans have painted them out to be. Throughout the movie it is clear to see that Lieutenant Dunbar is the Other. He is the only “White Man”, dresses differently and does not speak the Suiex

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    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

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    For a lot of people the movie “Dances with Wolves” is one of the most significant works that Hollywood made. About importance and quality of the movie speaks number of Oscars won. In essence, this film in a very special way talks about a very interesting period of American history and culture. It speaks about the time when two cultures collided, Western and indigenous; about collision of different worldviews: modernist who understands the progress and which in the spreading on the West sees the advantage

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    Analysis of Western Film introduction The two films we chose were dances with wolves starring Kevin costner it was made in 1990 and the searchers starring john Wayne it was made in 1950 they both show native Americans been represented in different ways. The searchers Native Americans are portrayed as being stupid for swapping a woman for a hat with a feather in it. In the movie we see a native American man giving a man a woman and taking a hat with

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    Dancing with Wolves (1990) which are two very acclaimed movies that in a sense are very similar to each other but at the same time do not share the same themes or story line. Avatar, which is Fantasy/Science fiction movie directed by James Cameron released on December 18, 2009 being the world’s highest-grossing film of all time and is one of the most prosperous movies of the last few years. It has been nominated for nine Academy Awards and has won three of them. Dancing with Wolves that in the other

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    Many African Americans wanted to stand up for what was right for them as a human being, and be treated just as equal to white people. In Dancing with Wolves John Dunbar was put to a station called Fort Sedgwick. The Fort was on the Indians territory and John has never seen an Indian. He had heard that they were savages, but instead of waiting for the Indians to find him John went out to find the Indians. When John first met the Indians he didn't really know what to think. They kind of freaked

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    Dancing with wolves, was directed and starred by Kevin Costner. Originally, this movie was basically an attempt to show both sides of the Native Americans and the White settlers. It showed how the Native Americans perceives their insights on how the white settlers coming into the Western frontier was within the concept of “Manifest destiny.” The film is narrated from his point of view by Costner who plays Lieutenant Dunbar. Dunbar takes a risk to do a suicide charge and while surviving from it he

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