Western United States

John Keegan, in his article The Breaking of Armies, explains that, previously, in the first battle of Ypres, the British Expeditionary Force aided the French against the Germans in establishing that area of France and of Flanders known as the Western Front. In the second battle of Ypres, the same forces managed to continue to hold the line in spite of intense fighting, and regardless of elevated German resistance that included chemical warfare and the first gas attack of the…

societies want and need different things. They also need and want some of the same things. The western society views the Egyptian role of women oppressing because of the Egyptian modest dress and view women are pressured into wearing. For some women this fashion is empowering and being a housewife is a desired occupation. This idea to many modern liberal western women would not be a desired. In the United States, women are given a significant amount of right compared to Egypt. Many women…

you a glimpse into real cowboy western wear. Leather boots, blue jeans and ten-gallon hats dot the landscape in Texas. If you love the look but you live farther north, you might think dressing like a cowboy or cowgirl is off limits. That’s really not the case as anyone can pull of the western wear look with the right clothes. The staple of any look like this is the blue jeans. Most of us have at least one pair of jeans we absolutely adore. For the cowboy western wear look, you need a pair that…

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance examines the Old West in a flashback. It compares and contrasts how the past emerges into the present. As viewers, we are trying to understand how the forces of civilization, now the present, can conquest “the law of the West,” from the past. In the duration of the present, the heroes of the Old West are only called a myth. There are three different individuals in the movie. There is Ransom Stoddard, Tom Doniphon, and Liberty Valence. Random Stoddard is an…

The Searchers, a film directed by John Ford (1956) is a classic American Western featuring America’s original cowboy John Wayne. In the film, the main protagonist Ethan Edwards comes home to Texas after fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War. Both John Ford and John Wayne depict Ethan Edwards as an extremely isolated, bitter, and misunderstood character. When Ethan finally comes home from the war he mistakes one of his brother’s children for another child that has since full grown in…

contemporary western genre. The main character, Frank Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen), is a professional rider in the Buffalo Bill Wild West show that relies on his equestrian skills to make money as a long distance rider. Hopkins’ horse, Hidalgo, is a “low-breed’ mustang that provides an unorthodox and individualistic view of horse racing in comparison to the master breed of Arabic horses in the “Ocean of Fire” race across the Najd desert. Hopkins self-reliance is part of the singularity of the…

To begin, I will be raising the question and asking, What was money like for African Americans in the late nineteen hundreds? My hypothesis to this issue is, to make money, you must have some connection that will get you a job for a decent amount of cash to live off. As I read the required books, In the nineteen hundred there were no such thing as a man to have a “connection” for the African Americans. Therefore, this is because of the extreme racism going on. When no one wanted to hire an…

civilizations. The first is the western civilization that consist of north america and europe. The second Latin America which was central and south america. Third African which was only the southern part of the african continent. Fourth Islamic extending to north africa and the middle east. Fifth Sinic includes china, vietnam, and korea. Hindu which is made up of only india. Orthodox which was russia and parts of eastern europe. Buddhist consist…

played out throughout the decades in film, the Western is no different. While other countries have adopted their own versions, the American Western has qualities can only be interrupted as American. While playing out the the fight against evil, greed, and taming of the frontier, the Western was also depicting America’s thoughts about itself. Like the films, the nation was fraught with conflict for what ideals it should stand for. As time went on the Western took on other themes that were coming…

Western cultures are not as perfect as it is depicted to be to our citizens. Throughout my educational experience, America has been taught in school systems as one whom does no harm unto others and has proper intent with all actions. In reality, however, I realized the truth that America, in fact, makes poor decisions and manipulates nations for their own benefit, which is sustained throughout Shailja Patel’s novel, Migritude. Western societies are portrayed as faultless in a dishonorably…