What Does The Sea Of Grass Symbolize
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David Bankowski
Mrs. Downes
Humanities 4A
7 January 2002
The Sea of Grass
In this novel by Conrad Richter, the end of the New Mexico frontier as
seen through the eyes of Hal, the nephew of one of the last great cattle ranchers.
As civilization encroaches even onto that remote region, Colonel Jim Brewton
symbolizes the last struggle and eventual submission of the land to the inevitable
development of the forces of society. Jim was lord of his cattle ranch in which he
had loved so much. Lutie Cameron was the gentle, cultivated woman he brought
to the brutal new territory to be his wife. She married him, brought a foreign
prettiness to his ranch, and even gave him children of their
David Bankowski
Mrs. Downes
Humanities 4A
7 January 2002
The Sea of Grass
In this novel by Conrad Richter, the end of the New Mexico frontier as
seen through the eyes of Hal, the nephew of one of the last great cattle ranchers.
As civilization encroaches even onto that remote region, Colonel Jim Brewton
symbolizes the last struggle and eventual submission of the land to the inevitable
development of the forces of society. Jim was lord of his cattle ranch in which he
had loved so much. Lutie Cameron was the gentle, cultivated woman he brought
to the brutal new territory to be his wife. She married him, brought a foreign
prettiness to his ranch, and even gave him children of their