I have one or two things that I may want to write about. My first thought was to talk about how old western stories frequently turn the protagonist and the antagonist appear to be superhuman, as I observed while reading "Jesse James, The Outlaw". I was going to talk about how the villain has to be larger than life and that they protagonist has to rise up to match the level of the villain to tear the villain down again and bring them to justice. This also brings up the omnipresent battle of good and evil, which would also be a great essay topic, as I could write about why the ones who were depicted to be the bad guys are all Native American and Outlaws.
A Third essay topic would be about the cowboy and how many of them are either borderline psychotic or just an actor in spurs. I don't really want to get too deep into this one right now because I don't think that I can just lump all cowboys into two groups like that and retain political correctness, but maybe with some further thought, I could make this presentable.
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These sound like intriguing possibilities! As you choose one to develop, be thinking about why it's relevant. Why should we notice and/or care? What does it reveal about [fill in the blank]?
ReplyDeleteGood start.