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Submitted by bk43 on December 3, 2005
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American Culture
American heroic mythology is rooted in the history or our movement west and in the legacy of open space, mobility, and rich natural resources. The migration westward into open spaces containing rich natural resources helped create a society emphasizing wealth, mobility, freedom, transformation, and opportunity for conquest. This was observed while watching Tombstone and when reading West of Everything. While watching Tombstone I noticed that the movie was really a battle between good and evil with Wyatt Earp and his crew being good and the old red-ragged cowboys being the evil.
As stated above in Tompkins' Introduction she states that, "the west functions as a symbol of freedom, and the opportunity for conquest" (Tompkins 4). This is not only applied to Wyatt Earp and his gang but also applies to our history of American Culture. First I want to analyze the first part of that quote, "the west functions as a symbol of freedomÂ…" and the significance it has on American Culture. I've grown up watching westerns with my Grandfather. I always watched them as if they were just cowboys and Indians. But they are deeper than just violent horse ridden cowboy movies. They symbolize the idea freedom and opportunity for conquest in the wild west. The wide open free lands of the western United States, unconquered with many surprises that are waiting to be uncovered. People in the western era went west to start over to have new beginning in life. To become free of all the strains that the eastern side of the United States offered at the early times of America. At that time Americans want freedom the want the opportunity for conquest and that was not achievable any where else except the wild west. Westerns portray this idea in a exaggerated sometimes unrealistic form but with the overall idea the cowboys wanted conquestÂ….
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