Essays on Cowboys

Lonesome Dove is a captivating story based on the West and written by Larry McMurtry as war novel like ‘All Quiet on the Western Front.' The book appears to have revolutionized the Western aspect as done by many other authors in literature. The author uses the Indians and cowboys in the story by making them a significant part of the big league in the genre. The author has also been credited for writing the screenplay for Brokeback Mountains which also deals with Westerns. The story involves a long cattle drive that makes their way to Montana from Lonesome Dove ...

The Revolt of the Cockroach People is a novel about the Chicano Moratorium written by Oscar Zeta Acosta, published in 1973. There are many themes presented in the novel, but one of the most interesting is the gender role. Women are represented as purely physical beings unlike men who are glorified for their work as well. There are many types of women in the novel, but their presence in much different than the presence of the male characters who are supposed to be more important and privileged. The narrator is a man and all of the characters who are ...

Ang Lee is director of wide range of films, and each of them provokes controversy and interest among the audience and critiques. In every taken film the sequences are combined in a unique narrative with its questions and much less answers. Lee is a representative of so called independent genre, meanwhile it should be noted that his films could hardly be titled by any kind of clichés (Siraganian 1). Nevertheless, having in mind the alternative, not common point of view and the craft of directing, all his films are definitely independent. The core essence of Ang’s style ...

'Midnight Cowboy' is a drama film of 1969 based on the novel 'Midnight Cowboy' by James Leo Herlihy. 'The American Friend' is a 1977 movie by Wim Wenders, loosely basing its themes on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, 'Ripley’s Game.' 'Midnight Cowboy' and 'The American Friend' reflects the events in the society during the time. They both fit perfectly towards the depiction of the ‘counter culture’ film movement of the 1970’s. Through their themes and character representation, the two movies give a strong challenge to genre conventions thus enabling them to successfully depict the counter-culture period in ...

Post U.S. – Mexican War through 1870s

After the Civil War, the situation in the United States was chaotic, as the time for radical changes had come. The goal of the Reconstruction (1865 – 1877) was to restore the society, although, it was a great challenge. First of all, the war ended with a significant human loss – “over 600,000 people” died during the Civil War (YouTube). Secondly, the largest slavery system was still present, and it was extremely difficult to put an end to the division of race, as the blacks were still considered to be slaves and the majority ...

Nature has many aspects depending of the viewpoint of an individual. Different people have various opinions of nature, either in a scientific view, religious view or even cultural view. From the stars in the sky, the sun, the moon the landscape, the flora and fauna all have a deep meaning to various individuals or groups. The following is an analysis of three writings of writers who portrayed their views on nature. N. Scott Momaday through her article, “The Way to Rainy Mountain” explains the nature through her viewpoint while “The Solace of Open Spaces” by Gretel Ehrlich shows the ...

Phil Mark Consulting

Harris Jackson Dear Sir, RE: Decision regarding the choice of contract between San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys I am writing this letter regarding the contract decision for Mr. Harris. Based on the cashflows that Mr. Harris will receive from either of the teams, I used the Net Present Value method to determine which contract will serve Mr. Harris’ financial interests. I chose the San Francisco 49ers contract over the Dallas Cowboys one based on the expected cashflows from either of the teams. I forecasted the cashflows at the given current discount rate of 8% which factors in the ...

Texas is the second biggest state in the United States of America. There are a lot of different sports that are very popular in Texas. Also, in Texas there are a lot of different teams playing in top professional leagues of different sports. It is not a surprise that Texas is one of the most sport-oriented states in the United States of America. It is the homeland of Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Cowboys. The most popular sports in this state are football, baseball and basketball. Football. There is no one who can disagree that football is the most popular ...

What does Brokeback Mountain (both the story and the film) show us about attitudes toward masculinity in the United States between the 1963 and the 1983 and the possible effects of these attitudes? The film and the story Brokeback Mountain do not present homosexuality as a positive or negative phenomenon in the society, but as the unaccepted in a certain period of time and environment. The light motive is a forbidden love. While in other love stories the central gap is between rich and poor, different cultures and religions, here, the central issue presents a gap between commonly accepted and unaccepted. To ...

Doritos ‘Goat 4 Sale’ advert is powerful commercial that uses humor to attract viewers’ attention and curiosity while promoting Doritos chips as the most delicious and addictive. The goat is seen, screaming, kicking things and jumping on the table because there was no Doritos chips left in the cabinet. These funny events can easily be recalled by the viewer because they are distinctive and unusual. The Doritos intended to promote their chips as the most delicious and addictive. The main characters in the commercial are seen eating the chips. The goat is captured eating chips stored in the ...

The original cowboys were all white. Meaning, they were all Caucasians. However, long before they came into being, there were already other cowboys on the making. This was in Texas where a group of slaves worked in ranches. The period was the early nineteenth century. As was discussed above, cowboys mainly gained prominence in the late nineteenth century. Black slaves were mainly born into slavery, but they later gained a life away from slavery in the ranches. This is where the thesis of this paper is deduced. Black men became cowboys so as to avoid the discrimination and shame associated with ...

Musicals are theatrical performances that feature dance, spoken words, art, singing, play, and dialogue. The content of a musical can be original ideas, or founded on a film, play, other books, or novels. The themes and emotions of the musicals such as love and humor are usually communicated to the audience through live performances of music, word and actions. Musical theatres have gained popularity and have become integrated with the popular culture of many societies. Musical performances have long been combined with theatrical presentations in the early days, but the contemporary musical theatres especially the American musical, bear their origin in ...

History

Photo from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bucking_bronco._Cheyenne_Frontier_Days_cph.3b03106.jpg Photo from http://64.19.142.12/www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/frontierdays1910.jpg The Cheyenne Frontier Days (CFD), inarguably the largest outdoor rodeo in the world, started on September 23, 1897. Cheyenne, the capital of the state of Wyoming, has been the home of the American “wild west”, where horse-riding cowboys tended herds of cattle in the area. Thus, the event first took place when those cowboys started organizing casual rodeo competitions – a sport that tests the skills of cowboys in herding cattle such as bulls, against one another as they go back to their ranches. The first organizers of the event first set it ...

Over the years, there has been a massive inflow of the Mexican nationals into the United States of America. This is made easy by the fact that Mexico borders the US to its immediate south. Some of the immigrants entered the US legally, but a portion moves across the borders into the US without any valid documents and still managesto establish settlements as they process the immigration documents. These immigrants, along with Mexican Americans are historically known to occupy a very place in the story of American immigration. The main reason for migration into the United States was and still remains ...

English

Hollywood has on countless occasions brought back to life the system of existence and the social way of life of the old west. Hollywood goes out of its way to provide the most vivid description available of how life really was and how dangerous and adventurous the old west really was. More often than not however Hollywood pays little or absolutely no attention at all to being politically correct on the system of life of the old west. Portrayals of Hollywood in regard to the old west normally portray lawmakers on a cosmic collision course with a contingent of outlaws and ...

People have a tendency of judging people without knowing them properly and this leads to any cases of stereotyping. The need to understand someone well before passing judgment on him or her is paramount. In this case, it is important to explore different stereotypes people are regarding regions of a country, religion, race and ethnic group one comes from. People have a tendency of judging people from certain regions and putting them in the same category. Some are positive stereotypes while others are negative. A common stereotype based on the region is that people from the Middle East do not like Americans. ...

Boggs, K. C. (1998). IE and NFL spell success for coaching legend. IIE Solutions, 30(1), 14. - This article provides a discussion of how the former Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry applied concepts of industrial engineering such as quality control, computer analysis and industry psychology to develop a program, which improved the team’s performance and achieve multiple successes winning the Super bowl. - Some of the concepts that were used by Landry include quality control, industrial psychology, and computer analysis. These three approaches are discussed in detail indicating how Landry employed them to making the team a success ...

Introduction

The Cowboys stadium was constructed on the location where the Texas stadium previously stood and was completed on the 27th May 2009. The stadium has a seating of 85000 and this makes it the third largest stadium on seating capacity in the National Football League (NFL). The cost of the construction of the Cowboys stadium was initially projected to be $ 650 million but actual costs of constructing are documented at $ 1.15 billion, making it one of the most expensive sports construction ventures in the United States. The construction was financed both through public and private financing, and this paper seeks ...

In Ehrlich's work, ‘About men,’ there are three gender expectations and gender roles that come into question in the performance and their obligations. For instance, men are expected to be extraordinary in their activities. They are supposed to be strong, and fight for their families to keep their property safe. In the first paragraph, he says, “The vaqueros of the American West, branded cattle, staved off rustlers and engaged in land feuds between sheep and cattlemen,” (Ehrlich line 2). This needs strong and extraordinary men. He even says, “their escapades filled the pages with history more, sometimes, for the sheer romance ...

If you want to see a cultural myth, turn on the pre-game show that comes before a Dallas Cowboys football game. Somehow, back in the 1970’s, the Cowboys were given the slogan “America’s Team.” This was also around the time that their then-general manager, Tex Schramm, finagled them a home game every Thanksgiving, in what seems like perpetuity. If you watch that pre-game show, you’ll see images of great Cowboys from the past: Roger Staubach, Tony Dorsett, Troy Aikman and the like. You’ll also see a montage of current Cowboy highlights, and you might even see the fedora-wearing coach ...