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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There is no question that fragmentation is an important motif throughout The Wasteland. The entire poem is an odorous potpourri of dialogue‚ images‚ scholarly ideas‚ foreign words‚ formal styles‚ and tones. The reader’s journey through this proverbial wasteland is a trying one‚ to say the least. Unless one is endowed with a depthless wealth of literary knowledge‚ Eliot’s cornucopia of allusions and overzealous use of juxtaposition may leave them in a state of utter confusion. Luckily‚ there is hope
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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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example read King Lear‚ it may help them to “understand better the origins of what [they] judge to be patriarchy” (22)‚ or if they read about a lesbian couple‚ it may let them reconsider their perception of sexuality. Different works from the literary canon may therefore aid readers in transforming their knowledge and opinions‚ because in order to “read human sentiments in human language you must be able to read humanity‚ with all of you” (28). Therefore‚ reading deeply and for their own pleasure helps
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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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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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Space Westerns. space Westerns use the themes and tropes of Westerns within science fiction stories while taking place in space. These influences can include subtle things like the exploration of lawless frontiers‚ or the more extreme side with space cowboys riding robot horses and shooting ray guns. The origin of this sub genre can be traced back to late 1920s and early 1930s space opera comic strips such as Buck Rogers. When superhero comics declined in popularity in 1940s America‚ Western comics
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American Western Film Western films are truly an American genre. The Western genre is usually based on the American cowboy hero‚ and usually involves conflicts with things such as outlaws‚ bandits‚ Indians‚ and many other things. Other conflicts included in the Western genre include societal conflicts and problems during expansion or travel. Overall‚ all the elements and things such as cowboys‚ Indians‚ robberies‚ gunman‚ sheriffs‚ and other things make up the Western genre. Through several examples
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The Fall of the Western Genre The "Myth of the West" has provided the film industry with plenty of material‚ and Western films have probably become the genre most characteristic of American films and television. From 1910 through the end of the 50’s‚ a quarter of all Hollywood films had been Westerns. When thinking of Westerns‚ names like John Wayne and movies like The Last of the Mohicans or High Noon come to mind. The Western enjoyed its highest popularity throughout the 40’s and 50’s. Then its
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