John Wayne
Today, in American history John Wayne is connected with the cultural development of the American hero He embodied the values of that time that determine a hero. He was a hero who is strong and fearless. He was the hero who was beyond the law and civilization. He became a hero that every kid wants to be like and every man admirers. But most importantly, John Wayne became America's hero, fitting the qualities that America considered to be a hero, comparable to today's actors, for example Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwartzenegger,. He became a skilled actor who brought roles to life in movies. Throughout his career, John Wayne portrayed the hero who is brave and strong. John Wayne embodied the typical values of an American hero. In his movies, he portrayed the fearless cowboy who fought the savage, ruthless Indian tribes who tormented the white settlers and their families. In the movie The Searchers (1956), John Wayne plays Ethan Edwards, a rugged man who returns to his brother's home, back from fighting for the Confederacy, in the Civil War. The basic plot to the movie is Ethan Edward's search for his niece, who has been missing for seven years, after she was captured by a Comanche tribe. Thro
John Wayne also embodied the quality that a hero is above common law, a hero who is the judge and jury and can bring about judgement and vengeance. In the movie, The Searchers, he is the hero who rides off in pursuit of the Comanche tribe, so that he can gain vengeance on the deaths of his brother and relatives, and to find his niece as well. In his essay "The Invention of John Wayne", Louis Owens writes: " The true hero of the American West is beyond the mundane law because he is beyond its reach-civilization--, and he operates not within the laws of man but within those of a manifest God" (Lewis 110). Lewis points out the qualities of a hero in the American West, stating that a hero is above the law, and acts instead like a god or God and delivers judgement and vengeance on his enemies. In another movie, Stagecoach (1939), John Wayne plays Ringo Kid. In the movie, Ringo is after his family's killers and is not satisfied until he delivers justice on those killers. Ringo escapes from prison and is on a mission to deliver to vengeance on the killer of his brother and father. He is allowed out of jail by a sympathetic sheriff and so he pursues his murderous mission. Lewis Owens explains: " As the quintessential American hero, Ringo cannot be contained by mundane law...Ringo is freed by the sheriff to execute his personal justice by shooting his family's killers. Like the American hero he is, Ringo is godlike in his freedom and willingness to deal out justice" (Lewis 111). Because of these qualities, the bravery, the strength, the freedom, the power to deliver justice, John Wayne fits the description of a hero. But he became a cultural influence when he had the influence on the American public. Ford, John, Director, The Searchers, (1956), Warner Bros. Owens, Louis, " The Invention of John Wayne ", in La Puerta John Wayne was the type of hero that had an affect on his audience. He was the type of hero, that every kid wants to be like. The type of man, that every guy admirers and wishes that he could be. John Wayne was so liked and admired that he had kids wanting to be like him. He had kids acting like him and playing the game "cowboy and indians ", a game that had boys arguing to be Joh
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