He says “they are as hardy and self-reliant as any men who ever breathed-with bronzed, set faces, and keen eyes that look all the world straight in the face without flinching as they flash out from under the broad-brimmed hats. Peril and hardship, and years of long toil broken by weeks of brutal dissipation, draw haggard lines across their eager faces, but never dim their reckless eyes nor break their bearing of defiant self-confidence” (Roosevelt, 9). Roosevelt is describing all the features of cowboys that make people them seem very masculine and strong. Today we think of masculinity as a man who is strong, and does not let anything affect his character so Roosevelt is portraying this by stating how they still have a lot of self-confidence because they did not let hardships bring them down. Also, Roosevelt mentions Native Americans a lot in his book, and he says that they are still the same since they have not changed their way of life. He also says that many Indian populations are declining from death that has to do with white settlers taking their land and fighting them in wars. Once the buffalo were gone from the West the Indians vanished with them because that is what they depended on for food so they had to finish another source somewhere else. Roosevelt does say that the Indians were fearless, generous, hospitable, and bold. Overall, they are portrayed in a
He says “they are as hardy and self-reliant as any men who ever breathed-with bronzed, set faces, and keen eyes that look all the world straight in the face without flinching as they flash out from under the broad-brimmed hats. Peril and hardship, and years of long toil broken by weeks of brutal dissipation, draw haggard lines across their eager faces, but never dim their reckless eyes nor break their bearing of defiant self-confidence” (Roosevelt, 9). Roosevelt is describing all the features of cowboys that make people them seem very masculine and strong. Today we think of masculinity as a man who is strong, and does not let anything affect his character so Roosevelt is portraying this by stating how they still have a lot of self-confidence because they did not let hardships bring them down. Also, Roosevelt mentions Native Americans a lot in his book, and he says that they are still the same since they have not changed their way of life. He also says that many Indian populations are declining from death that has to do with white settlers taking their land and fighting them in wars. Once the buffalo were gone from the West the Indians vanished with them because that is what they depended on for food so they had to finish another source somewhere else. Roosevelt does say that the Indians were fearless, generous, hospitable, and bold. Overall, they are portrayed in a