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Red River - Research Paper

Red River

The movie I decided to watch was , produced and directed in 1948 by Howard Hawks. It starts out with John Wayne who stars as Tom Dunson, and Montgomery Clift as Matt, his discovered and kind of adopted son. The old west at this point is depicted as every man is responsible for his own destiny and that hard work and honesty will eventually bring success. The main character Dunson is a perfect role model for self-sufficiency and someone who focuses on building something from nothing.
Dunson and his sidekick Rupp, played by Walter Brennan, decide to leave a wagon train that is headed for California and head out to Texas on their own. This scene establishes how women are viewed by the main ...

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smoke from the attack that killed the girl as they were riding away. It seems to me that Indians in this film are portrayed as dangerous enemies who are very sneaky. Also in this part of the movie Dunson and Rupp somehow knew how to answer Indian calls, even though they were two white guys from Missouri. It also intrigued me that the two of them shot every Indian that came out of the bushes the very first time. Good shootn'!
The day after the Indian attack they crossed the and headed south. This is where they ran into a young teenage boy (Matt), who was the only survivor of the wagon train that was headed for California. Matt naturally joins up with Dunson and Rupp and quickly comes out of his trauma-induced stupor to banter intelligently with Dunson about never trusting someone you don't know. They move further south (all the way to the Rio Grande) and take over some land. Title to the land was settled by Dunson's quick draw, the first demonstration of settling ...

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Added: 1/26/2007 03:13:22 AM
Category: American History
Type: Premium Paper
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