Chapter Essays: 26 * Explain how three of the following influenced the development of the ‘last West’ from the 1850s to 1900. [Miners‚ cattlemen‚ farmers‚ immigrant cities] The ‘last West’‚ as described in chapter 26‚ was an important part of American history that was shaped‚ populated‚ and influenced‚ mainly‚ by 3 occupations: miners‚ cattlemen‚ and farmers. Through these jobs‚ people witnessed the struggle and hardship that came with trying to attain the “American Dream” further building the
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of inescapable jail by the closing of the frontier and the coming of the big corporations. Cowboys are strong men that sense no fear in their eyes and actions. They live a hard life isolated to the rest of the world‚ being only them and the nature that can be very unpredictable‚ you never know when it will be friendly or cruel. The myth of the cowboy describes the cowboy as living a stoic lifestyle. Cowboys depend only on nature‚ which is their only friend except the horse which is their best friend
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MIDNIGHT IN PARIS Director: Woody Allen Writer: Woody Allen Casts: Owen Wilson‚ Marion Cotillard‚ Rachel McAdams‚ Kurt Fuller‚ Corey Stoll… Synopsis: Gil and Inez travel to Paris as vacation on her parents’ business trip. Gil is a successful Hollywood writer but is struggling on his first novel. He falls in love with the city and share his romantic notions of the city or the idea that the golden age. Gil takes a walk at midnight and discovers what could be the ultimate source of inspiration
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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
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Analyse Shane with specific reference to the films visual style and western themes. ’ By analysing Shane ’ (1953) in conjunction with its visual style and western themes‚ it will clearly show what aspects of western culture are apparent in the film. By looking at the visual style‚ this will show how the mise-en-scene informs the audience that Shane ’ is placed in the western genre. Firstly I will analyse the western themes that are visible in Shane ’. The whole narrative of Shane ’
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and those who watch Westerns for the action and the great nature scenes and of course those darling horses. There are some Western movies that I like with actors like John Wayne but I was never a real fan. Let’s step back in time to look at a famous cowboy actor named Tom Mix. He died a very strange death on October 12‚ 1940. Mix had was involved in a car accident close to his ranch in Florence‚ Arizona. He was driving his single-seat roadster along a straight desert road. Unfortunately for him he ignored
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The cattle industry from the 1860s through the 1890s went through growths‚ declines‚ and changes; a dynamic industry characterized by hard work‚ long cattle drives‚ and the development of ranching‚ but also racial discrimination towards Native-Americans. It was made possible by the construction of railroads‚ and led to the creation of “cow towns”‚ isolated towns located in an area where there was a lot of raising of cattle. The cattle industry began in southern Texas with Mexican ranchers developing
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Biscuit‚ Seabiscuit‚ a trainer for the horse and a Jockey. Seabiscuit for the rock bottom price of 8000 dollars‚ a trainer that no one thought was sane‚ and a jockey that was to big blind in one eye and hadn’t won much. Mr. Howard hired a western cowboy‚ Tom Smith‚ to be his trainer and a homeless and unusually tall man for a jockey by the name of Red Pollard. “He had no money and no home; he lived entirely on the
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riding was a very popular event in the rodeo world but lacked standardized rules. In the year of 1936 it changed when the cowboy’s turtle association was made. This changed bull riding. In 1945 the name changed to rodeo cowboys association and became the professional rodeo cowboys association (PRCA).
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Describe how many Americans saw the “west” or the “frontier” in the late 1800s. (448-450) Most Americans had visible the west/frontier as a process and an area that supplied a secure haven therefore freeing social tensions and giving possibilities to social actions that served as a reason for Americanizing Americans. This helped maximum people in order that they may differentiate themselves from the world. Describe how Native Americans were forced to assimilate into white society in the late 1800s
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