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The reading "Major Problems in the American West" does mention vigilante action taken up for cattle rustling, and mentions Roosevelt's advocacy. We definitely see plenty of vigilante action somewhat connected to rustling. The reading on women in the West makes conditions seem totally unfavorable and a rough life. It seems wrong that Clementine would be so clean, even-tempered and patient after such a long, roundabout, and seemingly dangerous journey. --Amanda Russell | The reading "Major Problems in the American West" does mention vigilante action taken up for cattle rustling, and mentions Roosevelt's advocacy. We definitely see plenty of vigilante action somewhat connected to rustling. The reading on women in the West makes conditions seem totally unfavorable and a rough life. It seems wrong that Clementine would be so clean, even-tempered and patient after such a long, roundabout, and seemingly dangerous journey. --Amanda Russell | ||
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| + | I'm reading a book about John Ford's films because I am analyzing The Grapes of Wrath for my research project. For My Darling Clementine the author makes the argument that the film is almost allegorical in its set-up. It says, "Wyatt Earp (the U.S.) gives up marshalling in Dodge City (World War I), but takes up arms again to combat the Clantons (WWII) to make the world safe. Victory is horrible, and Wyatt must return to the wilderness, to his father (confession; reconstruction), leaving innocence, hope, and civilization (Clementine) behind, a distant memory (the long road) in Tombstone (the world of 1946)." | ||
== 3 Movie as primary source about makers/time/setting/genre == | == 3 Movie as primary source about makers/time/setting/genre == | ||
