The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky Essay

Changing Of The West. "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,” by Stephen Crane. Is a story that shows that advancement of the West from old to the New through civilization and improvement, this is shown through two character Jack Potter, the sheriff and Scratchy Wilson, the troublemaker. The sheriff who does something that is not very usual in the old west which is getting marry and the troublemaker who is shooting up the town but also have on modern clothes from the east. The author Stephen Crane did a great job on the descriptions of the story, through the actions of the characters. also the author shows the idea of modernization of society through the elements of character and setting. Jack Potter, is the Sheriff of a small town in the West. The other character who is known as Scratchy Wilson, also lives in that town. without one the other will not be in relevant to the story, together they complement each other The roles that both characters play are important. Their roles contribute to the story because it show that the West is becoming civilized and their behavior shows a different side of both of them and this is shown whenever Scratchy gets drunk and starts to make trouble. Having both a Sheriff and
It's interesting how he represents both because it is unusually for that to happen. Usually they represent either the Old West or the New rising West. Scratchy fits in both sides because he plays the role of villain that was previously mentioned and because of what he was wearing. “a man in a maroon-colored flannel shirt, which had been purchased for purposes of decoration, and made principally by some Jewish women on the East Side of New York”(Crane 250). He is determined to keep the tradition of the Old West, but he is wearing clothing made by some Jewish women from the East Side of New York. The clothes from the East shows that the west is slowly changing and becoming more