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    EASTERN EDUCATION AND WESTERN EDUCATION by Jesslyn C People tend to think that Westerners are more confident and creative‚ while Easterners are more conservative and reserved. So what makes all these difference? I would suggest it is the result of the different education systems. Having studied under both foreign and local teachers‚ I discovered that their approaches to teaching are basically different. In this essay‚ I would like to examine and evaluate these differences. This is important

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    and untrue differ from every part of the world you are located in. Earth and everything around in behaves in a certain manner depending on wether you are up North or down South. Looking at what Okakok had mentioned about what are true facts in the Western world‚ happen to be extremely untrue in the North. This is all the result of the difference in the climates‚ location‚ their values and their living conditions. As many know who had passed Geography in elementary school‚ the weather doesn’t behave

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    Samuel DeSarno 2-22-13 Doctor Novelli Film 192 Question # 3 To talk about how Pat Garret and Billy the Kid is considered a “dirty” and “revisionist” western‚ one must also look at what was occurring in our country historically at the same time. Our country went through a horrible period of civil unrest plaguing many cities with riots‚ blood being spilled with them and many anti-war movements in response to the much hated Vietnam War that had been raging for years that was

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    James Cha Professor Coulter American Myth in the Western Film 22 February 2011 “Ethan?” With a cold and steady gaze‚ Ethan peers off into the snowy distance. He firmly holds his most trusted companion. Without warning and hesitation‚ Ethan raises the deadly steel rifle and begins wildly firing upon a herd of buffalo. After a short while‚ Martin stops shooting‚ having already shot one down. Ethan in a maddened frenzy continues to shoot the buffalo while Martin tries to stop him to no avail

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    The Western Genre

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    The Western Genre Many movies come out and pertain to a certain genre. The western genre is an example of that. But then there raises a question‚ what exactly makes this movie a western film? There may also be the question‚ what can the viewer expect to see in a western film? We’ll to start by answering the first question. Western films all have similar plot lines‚ objects‚ and elements within the genre that will be extend to most if not all other western movies. For example‚ true westerns typically

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    Western Summit Constructors/Midterm Paper Western Summit Constructors‚ Inc. is an environmental contracting company that targets both industrial and municipal clients. The company was established in 1984 in the rocky mountain area and quickly grew to build projects all over the country. In 2008 Western Summit was purchased by Kiewit Corporation‚ one of the largest and most premier international contracting groups. The Western Summit division of Kiewit specializes in building water and waste water

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    Final Exam What makes a hero a hero? In the western movies‚ The Searchers‚ High Noon‚ and Rio Bravo‚ each film portrays the issue of masculinity in three distinctive ways. In each of these movies the main character is left with defeating the bad guys. In all three of the movies‚ the main character is able to represent the traditional masculinity‚ toughness‚ and honor. In both the movies The Searchers and Rio Bravo‚ John Wayne plays the main character. Wayne at this time in America was pictured

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    A seemingly traditional approach towards the Western frontier is the reason for John Cawelti’s assessment from The Six-Gun Mystique. His description of the Western formula being “far easier to define than that of the detective story” may clearly be a paradigm for many authors‚ but not particularly for Stephen Crane. The standards Cawelti has set forth for a successful Western is quite minimal by thought‚ but at the same time relevant. Crane signifies a different perspective to

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    Shane the Western Hero

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    Shane the Western Hero A Western is a major defining genre from the American film industry on the border of civilization and the wilderness. Western is one of the oldest most flexible genre/hero types in the world. If you are looking for characteristics of a western hero Shane is the character to go to.. Shane is bound by legal codes of behavior‚ ethics‚ justice‚ honor and chivalry (or the code by which knights were supposed to live by). He is a passive‚ mysterious man who says little about himself

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    The Measure of a True Western Hero What defines a true western hero? A typical western hero is usually a frontiersman‚ cowboy‚ or sometimes an authorative law abiding figure‚ such as a sheriff‚ who has qualities‚ ethics‚ morals‚ and talents that stand above common standards. What exactly are the qualities that separate the true western heroes from the character that has good intentions‚ but is not a true hero? In the classic Western film Stagecoach directed by John Ford‚ John Wayne’s character

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