Western United States

The monthly total area burned reached 5675.702mi², which ranked the highest in any August since 2000 (National Climatic Data Center 2012). United States wildfires have burned more than 10.1 million acres in 2015 a new record Tom Vilsack, United states secretary of agriculture said. Those fires destroyed 4,500 homes and structures and killed 13 firefighters. The long term environmental impacts, resulting from hazards from wildfire will be considered effects that are not immediately felt or recognized. In example the impact of erosion after a wildfire, because it happens months, to years after the fire had been eliminated. These effects are concentrated in the area(s) where the fire had occurred or a short distance away, but there are exceptions based upon the path that the hazards had taken. The following pollutants have been identified as having some long term impacts: Metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons , polychlorinated dibenzofurans…

During World War 2 (1939-1945), the rationality was that the Soviet Union and the USA were allies because they were fighting towards the same enemy – Nazi Germany. From this it was thought that after the war, the two forces would have a firm relationship. Yet the appearance of this was a powerful illusion. Once Germany surrendered in 1945, by 1947 the U.S openly formulated a policy of ‘Containment’ and at the beginning of 1948 the Cold War had soar. Containment was the plan to diminish the rise…

The Case Western Reserve law review, “Insider-Trading Regulation after Salman v. United States,” focuses on whether or not a tipper can be convicted if their intentions were for personal benefit or for the purpose of exposing company's fraud. In the 1983 case, Dirks v.s SEC, the court based its decision to overturn the conviction on the fact that the tipper did not receive any personal benefit. The tipper’s motivations, in this case, were solely to expose the company’s fraud and it was argued…

The following essay will compare the cinematic language of the two Western classics Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Sergio Leone, 1966) while analyzing the claim that both film respectably are pioneers of the Western genre during their times proven on the basis of their original work in editing and narrative, and its influence on other filmmakers. After a brief summary of both movies, I will continue with the analysis of both, in particular with the formal…

examples of masterpiece cinematography in the genre of western of their era each. Nevertheless, films can hardly be called similar even with having almost the same means of entertaining and story performance. Thus, I would like to start from the definition of classic western. Western is an art direction, common for the United States, it includes a variety of genres, such as comedy, action, detective and thriller. Action to Westerns generally occurs in the second half of the XIX century, in the…

It’s impossible to count how many people have suffered due to the mistreatment of people that can’t comprehend change or how people are all different. Of course many people know back than if you didn’t have blue eyes or blonde hair were considered inferior, lower than trash even not human. Many people think that racism doesn’t exist because we have so many different races doing complex things and other high paying jobs. People now have thrown racism under the rug but racism is still a big…

Funniest outdoor book I’ve ever read in my life. The book I read is called “Funny Trail Tales Outdoor Humor For All Ages.” Author is a girl named Amy Kelley Hoitsma. This type of book has thirteen different genres in it. It takes place in the wilderness where one of the thirteen humorous stories takes place. Funny Trail Tales discusses what you are supposed to do in wilderness and funny stories. It has a multitude of funny little snips of funny stories, falsehood stories and mostly stuff to do…

Ehrlich's narrative focuses on what the life of a cowboy truly is when compared to the image of them created by the media. Generally, a 'cowboy' is a male rancher who is thought to be an insensitive, hard-bitten, tough young man who will accomplish any job needed for the ranch with no emotional reactions of any kind. This means no matter how demanding, dangerous, or exhaustive the job may be a cowboy will accomplish the task at hand. If a cowboy's entire persona was judged on how they acted…

Western’s a genre with a purpose For almost as long as the medium of filmmaking has existed so too has the Western first showcased in Edwin S. Porter film The Great Train Robbery. Though overall a simple film in retrospect the way in which it pushed the medium forward was revolutionary in containing a narrative. Cowboys are the initial American heroes of filmmaking which all others pull from; Westerns as a male focused genre the central genre trope of masculinity have been constructed on a…

Western Film “For over forty years, from 1926 to 1967, Hollywood produced more Westerns than any other kind of film” (pg.243). The western film I chose was one of Sergio Leone’s famous trilogies, which included A Fistful of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. These are known as Spaghetti Westerns. The film The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly takes place during the American Civil War and follows three men on the hunt for Confederate gold. Many westerns focus…