Wright, Will. Six Guns and Society: a Structural Study of the Western. Univ. of California Pr.
The primary objective of the study in the article was an evaluation of how films are set and how they impact society. The study was drawn from the Structure of the Western Film, with a story of a lone stranger. The stranger pays a visit to a troubled town and starts to clean it up (Wright, p33). Through this, he wins respect from the town people and schoolmarm. The Western Film is concentrated with several themes from the year 1930 to 1955. Quality research was done involving several films that have been portrayed in the article.
The classical plot is represented in several films, for instance, “Shane,” which emphasize an individual’s separation from the society around him and the individuals’ effort to support the community. The author emphasizes on the development of four plot structures that present a repetition with variation in the history of Western film. The Western genre is based on classical, vengeance, traditional, and professional. New social values have been presented while making the hero stand against evil in society. The author state that companion is as a result of hooking up together, selling skilled services, and remaining loyal to one another. The films conclude that there is the traditional conflict between the social idea and an original idea that transform into battle been the society and the elite group. The Structure of the Western book has been criticized and also praised for analyzing the Western fil as a hard structural analysis.
Work Cited.
Wright, Will. Six Guns and Society: a Structural Study of the Western. Univ. of California Pr.