“Wes Hayden had no choice but to lock up Frank.” Wes Hayden is a loyal, average Joe, down to earth character with good morals. But when Wes’s brother commits a crime, he is stuck in a moral dilemma. Wes Hayden a law enforcer in the town Montana, in fact he is the sheriff, he makes the decision whether or not his only brother Frank Hayden, goes to jail or walks free. Frank is guilty of assault and murder of an Indian woman, Wes’s house keeper and Wes’s son David’s companion, Marie. David was quite fond as Marie, as was Wes.
But he is paid back for what he has done at last. I think the nature of Justice is that justice is the right which belongs to the strong. For instance, Little bill is used to be the most powerful man in the Big Whiskey. He hits English Bob almost to death to warn people: do not against my words or I’ll destroy you and kick you out of the town! Here, the justice is the words of Little Bill.
Texas Rangers and the Popular History of the American West The movie Texas Rangers (2001) is a good representation of a popular history type of the American West, because it represents the Western frontier as being ridden with cowboys and bandits all fighting for land and cattle, having shootouts and brawls to protect or disturb the justice of Texas. In the film Lincoln Rogers Dunnison embarks on a journey to be a Texas Ranger after a group of bandits terrorizing the state of Texas, stealing cattle, and killing anyone in their way, murders his entire family. Dunnison is accepted to become a ranger with his friend George Durham. All of the new recruits of the rangers are ill prepared and do not know the trouble ahead of them. Their captain, Lander McNelly is outwitted by the bandits and their leader, John King Fisher, and is involved in multiple shootouts and gun fights and looses a lot of his men.
While in “The Treasure of Sierra Madre”, Dobbs actually dies from his greed by turning on Curtin and attempting to kill him, but he starts to go crazy and gets killed by Gold Hat, a Mexican bandit that they had run into before. Also, Wetherton and Howard seem to both understand the dangers of gold mining. Wetherton was always alert when it came to mining the dangerous gold, and even reminded himself about the evils that gold had on a man. In the movie, Howard would always give a certain look and say a few lines about similar stories and how greed can kill. Cody, a character in “The Treasure of Sierra Madre” that had met Curtin in town and followed him back, had the exact same motives as
Once both have been fully recovered, they set off to find civilization. On this journey, Buck saves Thorton numerous times. Despite the strong love Buck has for Thorton, he still hears the call of the wild, and can’t help but feel like he’s being dragged away from civilization and into the wilderness once again. With the winnings from a bet Buck helped him win, Thorton decided to take a trip and find a lost gold mine. He works long and hard hours while Buck wanders off by himself in the wilderness.
No Country for Old Men is a story about how greedy man can be and what they will do for money; along with this the book raises questions about fate. The plot follows the interweaving paths of the three central characters Llewelyn Moss, Anton Chigurh, and Ed Tom Bell set in motion by events related to a drug deal gone badly near the Mexican-American border in southwest Texas, in Terrell County. A movie was created in 2007 of the book; the Coen brothers did a very faithful retelling of the story. I will be explaining the major similarities and differences between the book and movie. In the book, there were a few additional scenes not in the movie.
The film is about two New Yorkers students Bill (Ralph Macchio) and Stan (Mitchell Whitifield) being pulled over by the police and charge for murder in the rural area state of Alabama while traveling through going back to college. They are put in trail for a murder they did not commit and Bill hires his goofy cousin Vinny Gambini played by Joe Pesci to defend him. The comedy depicts when Vinny who is inexperience, loudmouth, and not accustomed to Southern rules and manner manages to fool the trial judge about his experience as a criminal lawyer. The film received positive reviews with 81% of the audience liking (www.rottentomatoes.com). With an $11 million budget (estimated), the movie was very successful because it became to gross over $53 million in the U.S. (www.imdb.com).
Where Wild and West Meet Blazing Saddles, by Mel Brooks, is a very funny film making fun of a serious issue in the time surrounding the making of this movie. It is focused in the old American west in the late 1800’s during a national boom of industrialization. The state attorney general, Hedley Lamar, who is played by Harvey Korman is building a railroad and has to change the route making it run through Rock Ridge. Not wanting to pay a lot of money for the land he, sends in a gang of trouble makers which make the townspeople force Governor William J. LePetomane, played by Mel Brooks, to select a new sheriff. Governor LePetomane, not being such a bright fellow, is convinced by Lamar to choose a black man about to be hung by the name of Bart played by Cleavon Little.
is related to The Odyssey from the heroes’ encounters with blind prophets, but also differentiate the two epics by the heroes’ rapport with their wives. During the heroes’ adventures, they both meet a blind prophet who foretells their near future. In the eerie Underworld, Tiresias the ancient blind prophet informed Odysseus that he will endure a harsh journey home as the lone survivor of his crew. However, Odysseus will also arrive home only to find his estate contaminated by suitors, whom he must retaliate against for their crimes. In a similar manner, Everett encounters a blind hobo on a manual railroad car.
I’m retired.” The two lawmen assume that Wyatt is trying to strike at rich. The one lawman says “I never seen a rich man without a guilty conscience.” Wyatt responds with “I already got a guilty conscience. Might as well have the money too.” Wyatt then meets with his two brothers; Morgan and Virgil. Along with their wives, they go out to pursue their