We also see the romantic lovers scenario with July and Elmira. They are a young, newlywed couple from Fort Smith, Arkansas. They have been married for six months. It seems that they are utterly and completely in love with each other, but we soon find out that this is not true. July is the sheriff of the small town, Elmira is a widow from her previous husband, and she has a son, named Joe, which is her previous husband’s son. July helps Gus in his battle against Blue Duck, and Elmira convinces July to take Joe with him on the manhunt. While they are off on the manhunt, she takes that chance to leave Fort Smith and travel up the Arkansas River. She harbored the perfect environment for July’s love for her to grow, but then she uses his
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She has a strange way of viewing and dealing with love. She has been abused by her former partners and is now tentative towards the idea of love. She had previously been forced into prostitution by her so-called ‘lovers’. This brings around trust issues, as she does not want to fall back into old patterns, and because of her past with sexual abuse, she has trouble letting people in. As Ernestine P. Sewell put it in his critical essay, “McMurtry’s Cowboy-God in Lonesome Dove”, she has developed a “loss of humanity when sex is abused…” (Reynolds, 321). However, after dealing with the traumatizing events she did, she had time to build up her inner strength and make herself a stronger individual who doesn’t need a partner. None-the-less, she is still …show more content…
“...the woman is young, beautiful, plucky, but essentially helpless to accomplish the great task. She can get the cowboys to start the drive,” is how Don Graham describes her in “Lonesome Dove: Butch and Sundance Go on a Cattledrive”, showing the effect she has on both reader and the men on Lonesome Dove. The majority of the men of Lonesome Dove are in love with Lorena. Lorena does not share the same feelings for anyone. She tries for a relationship with Jake Spoon, since he is a charming, good looking, and, most importantly, has the prospects of being able to take her to San Francisco. He, however, lets her down just like all the others. He breaks his promise to her and doesn’t go on the cattle drive, nor does he take her to San Francisco. Jake is “... a gambler, a womanizer, and a bluff. Not a mean sort, just childlike, he only wants to satisfy his appetites,”(319, Sewell). Lorena is craving a healthy relationship. After only ever being abused, she longs for something that will build her up rather than beat her down. “Lorena had stopped expecting ever to be surprised, least of all by a man, and then Jake Spoon walked in the door and surprised her.” is an observation made about Lorena
She has a strange way of viewing and dealing with love. She has been abused by her former partners and is now tentative towards the idea of love. She had previously been forced into prostitution by her so-called ‘lovers’. This brings around trust issues, as she does not want to fall back into old patterns, and because of her past with sexual abuse, she has trouble letting people in. As Ernestine P. Sewell put it in his critical essay, “McMurtry’s Cowboy-God in Lonesome Dove”, she has developed a “loss of humanity when sex is abused…” (Reynolds, 321). However, after dealing with the traumatizing events she did, she had time to build up her inner strength and make herself a stronger individual who doesn’t need a partner. None-the-less, she is still …show more content…
“...the woman is young, beautiful, plucky, but essentially helpless to accomplish the great task. She can get the cowboys to start the drive,” is how Don Graham describes her in “Lonesome Dove: Butch and Sundance Go on a Cattledrive”, showing the effect she has on both reader and the men on Lonesome Dove. The majority of the men of Lonesome Dove are in love with Lorena. Lorena does not share the same feelings for anyone. She tries for a relationship with Jake Spoon, since he is a charming, good looking, and, most importantly, has the prospects of being able to take her to San Francisco. He, however, lets her down just like all the others. He breaks his promise to her and doesn’t go on the cattle drive, nor does he take her to San Francisco. Jake is “... a gambler, a womanizer, and a bluff. Not a mean sort, just childlike, he only wants to satisfy his appetites,”(319, Sewell). Lorena is craving a healthy relationship. After only ever being abused, she longs for something that will build her up rather than beat her down. “Lorena had stopped expecting ever to be surprised, least of all by a man, and then Jake Spoon walked in the door and surprised her.” is an observation made about Lorena