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    that are geared to that social class. This platform of ever-changing advertisements is easily illustrated as one looks from decade to decade. Marlboro’s ad campaigns go from the high class and lavish perspective‚ to the hardcore man’s man‚ to the cowboy way of life. In the 1920’s America was just coming out of World War One was experiencing one of the biggest economic booms in history. As the German’s lost the war they had to pay back large amounts of war reparations but they ran out of money so

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    In Moises Kaufman’s‚ The Laramie Project the under lying theme of the novel is people are afraid of change. This can be proved from the novel with the character Cathy Connolly and the struggle that homosexuals have to live in there own society. The juxtaposition of anti-gay demonstrations sparked by religion at a homosexual’s funeral‚ and even the physical setting is related to why people are afraid of change. Whether it is start by homophobia‚ religion‚ or opression‚ people are not just afraid of

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    brutally scalped their opponents. Their opposites were of course the cowboys‚ who were the good guys. The two parts don’t have compassion with another‚ and although the cowboys were portrayed as the good guys‚ we often here statements like: "the only good Indians are dead Indians". Even though the Indians were shown as dangerous warriors‚ it always seemed that no matter how many Indians were against a group of cowboy‚ the cowboys would always win. The Indians were inferior to the whites in these films

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    Chapter 13 Notes: Changes on the Western Frontier Native Americans -Native Americans of the plains hunted‚ farmed‚ and traded in traditional ways. -Plains people relied on the buffalo for a variety of survival needs -The booming of the cattle industry in the late 1800s contributed to the decline of the Plains Indians’ culture. -The Sioux (war-like plains tribe) resisted the efforts of the U.S. government‚ the army & the settlers to remove them from their sacred lands. -Sitting Bull &

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    ‘ Analyse Shane with specific reference to the films visual style and western themes. ’ By analysing ‘Shane ’ (1953) in conjunction with its visual style and western themes‚ it will clearly show what aspects of western culture are apparent in the film. By looking at the visual style‚ this will show how the mise-en-scene informs the audience that ‘Shane ’ is placed in the western genre. Firstly I will analyse the western themes that are visible in ‘Shane ’. The whole narrative of ‘Shane ’

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    The book “Dress in American culture” is written by Bowling Green. It’s talk about American clothing‚ the American cowboy‚ and American dress in nineteenth-century. The book “Chinese clothing” is by Valery M. Garrett. This book introduce the emperor’s dress of the different dynasty‚ children’s wear‚ And how Chinese dress for special occasions. In Ming dynasty(1368-1644)‚ the clothing for the emperor was divided into five parts: ceremonial attire‚ leather military attire‚ regular military attire

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    face real life. John Grady‚ the protagonist of the novel‚ has always dreamt about the cowboy life. Throughout his journey‚ he faces trials that chip away at that dream and reveal the truth behind the Old West. One event that began this realization was when John Grady was taken away from the ranch and away from his new found love‚ Alejandra. He had finally arrived at a destination where he could live out his cowboy dream‚ but it was all very short lived because of his actions that

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    The 1975 Pittsburgh Steelers is known as one of the best football teams in NFL history. This was a very scary team with a very crucial defense and a very elite offense. This insanely talented team was run by Chuck Noll. Chuck Noll won 4 Super bowls from 1969-1991. Noll began his head coaching career with Terry Bradshaw and Joe Greene on his football team. On defense there was the Steel Curtain‚ which consisted of Mean Joe Greene‚ Dwight White‚ Ernie Holmes‚ and L.C Greenwood. Only Joe Greene and

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    to too many “gigglers” and become a “splifficated” or “zozzled” they would call you a “boozehead”. After work “drugstore cowboys” which were young bachelors‚ would wait outside of a brothel or “juice joint” and call to  passing women in search of a date for the night. The girls would get all dressed up in their “glad rags” or fine attire‚  in hopes of attracting “drugstore cowboys”. If they attracted a man they didn’t want t0 dance

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    on time; the creation of time zones “The Big Four” Railroad Magnates: Charles Croker‚ Collis Huntington‚ Mark Hopkins‚ & Leland Stanford; these men took a gamble (would they ever be rich?); Union Pacific railroad; The Cowboys The Bronc Buster by Frederick Remington Black Cowboys The Gunslingers Colt .45 Revolver: “God didn’t make men equal. Colonel Colt did!” Legendary Gunslingers & Train Robbers: Jesse James‚ Billy the Kid Dodge City Peace Commission‚ 1890 The Miners Prospecting: Mining Boomtowns--Now

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