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nothing more classical in film then the Western, and no one tackled the Western better than John Ford. Shawn Dwyer a classic movie expert states, “if there was ever a director-actor tandem that defined the Western genre, it was John Ford and John Wayne” (Dwyer 1). His film Stagecoach was the first of it’s kind in the film industry as being the first talking picture in the Western genre. The film included everything known to the classic Western, however, Ford wanted to question some aspects of…

One nice october morning my brothers and I were waiting on the bus to come so we could go to school. My big brother alex randomly shouted out “I’m bored!” The rest of us nodded our heads in agreement. I got up and walked around the junkyard we called our bus stop. I skipped over to the metal pile. I saw something to shiny to be in a junkyard. I called for my brothers and they came running. I picked up the shiny thing and it turned out to be a golf club. I started swinging it around. “Let me try…

John Ford. It is based on a 1954 novel by Alan Le May, set during the Texas/Indian Wars. The Searchers was made in the dying days of the classic Western, which faltered when Indians ceased to be typecast as savages. In the film The Searchers, John Wayne plays as Ethan Edwards, a man who has returned from the Civil War to the Texas ranch of his brother. He finds that his family has been massacred and his niece Debbie has been kidnapped by Comanche Indians and head Chief Scar. Ethan absolute…

“The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” contains many of the ideas that we have discussed about the American Frontier and the role it has played in shaping America. The movie illustrates the idea from Turner’s Frontier Thesis that as Americans settled past the frontier and into the “savage” west, society had to start over and go through the process of rebuilding itself. The movie’s plot depicts the death of the “Wild West” caused by Rance’s influence in the town. At the start of the movie, Ranse…

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 attorney of law from the East, who went to the West convinced that he could administer justice through the knowledge of law and his books. Tom Doniphon is the “good” Westerner, who is known for his skills as a gunfighter and Liberty Valance is the “bad”…

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…

degrassi reality TV show throughout, 2001-2009. Eventually, getting laid off from the show because they wanted “fresh meat” but, luckily lil Wayne called him before he was going to go find a part-time. For instance, Drake started making music around 2006, selling 6,000 copies. Later on, lil Wayne took drake under his wing after he heard varieties of songs. Lil Wayne than call him to open for his tour and then contracting him on to his label. Making Drake a sensational rap star, But he didn’t…

I was born in a small village located in the country side of Ethiopia. My parents got divorced when I was only six month old. After the divorce was finalized my grandparents took the responsibility of raising me because my mom was not ready to raise me by herself. When I was ten we moved to Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia but I didn’t get the chance to go to school because the school was too far to attend. In about a year I got adapted. my adapted parents have other 3 biological kids,…

In the past several decades, thousands of people have immigrated to America in search of a better life or a fresh start. They came from all corners of the Earth: different cultures, languages, and life experiences. Eighteen years ago, my family immigrated to America from Ukraine to escape religious persecution and economic instability. My parents wanted their children to have the opportunity to get a good education and succeed in life because they never had that chance. Back in the Ukraine they…

In “Dear John Wayne” by Louise Erdrich, it becomes obvious to the reader that Erdrich feels as if Native Americans, such as herself, are inferior to the entire white population. Throughout her poem, Erdrich expresses her opinions and the actions of white people like “John Wayne.” The message she sends to the reader brings attention to the display of Native Americans. Erdrich strives to express her opinion that the media displays Native Americans in an insignificant fashion and that the media…