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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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| + | To add to Amanda's comment, in Sister Monica's Diary of a Journey to Arizona, the Sister talks about how harsh the trip westward actually was - she mentions frequently all the graves and dead animals she passes. She mentions the wildness of the men they encounter, she mentions how arduous the trip could be, as food and supplies run out. The Sister was successful in her journey because of the Driver and the resourcefulness of the other women with her. There would be absolutely no way a woman, like Clementine, could make that journey alone. Not to mention - a single female traveling alone from one frontier town to the next would be extremely vulnerable to the darker nature of man and most likely would never actually reach her destination, and as Amanda said, certainly not looking as she did when she arrived. ~Juliann | ||
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)." --[[User:Shauser|Shauser]] 21:50, 22 October 2008 (MDT) | 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)." --[[User:Shauser|Shauser]] 21:50, 22 October 2008 (MDT) | ||
