The Role Of Heroism In Fort Apache

The maintenance of tradition and ritual is what holds the microcosmic society of Fort Apache together when the community is challenged by threats within and without the fort, just as American society has relied on the preservation of myth and tradition, even when untrue, in order to retain national cohesion and identity. Likewise, Fort Apache challenges conventional depictions of heroism by revealing that those originally thought to be heroes also are those who facilitate such lies. There have been countless instances in American history that were at once analogous with atrocity, injustice, hypocrisy and unfathomable despair. However, over many generations, some our nation’s worst moments¬– along with the symbols and traditions associated with