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Billy the Kid: A Comparative Analysis Using Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure The Outlaw of the Wild West, Billy the Kid started his life of crime at the young age of 15, this creates his legacy and the reason why he is one of many historical figures Bill and Ted meet. Billy the Kid’s legacy is very different compared to the other figures in the movie and in history. In Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Billy the Kid is viewed friendly and is loyal to Bill and Ted, which is not true to the legend of Billy the Kid. The film, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, is about two high school students, Bill S. Preston and Ted “Theodore” Logan, who are both failing their History class. A man named Rufus comes from the future to give them a time machine, which gives Bill and Ted the ability to travel back into history. While going back they meet Billy the Kid, Sigmund Freud, Napoleon Bonaparte, and several more. While meeting the historical figures, they run into several problems. But in the end, they get back to the high school, just in time to give their oral …show more content…

In the film, Billy is a brave, adventurous and even charming. This coincides with the real Billy. According to David S. Turk, Billy the Kid was characterized as ambitious, charismatic, but then like a flick of a switch he can be angry, and evil. But the differences between the film Billy and the legacy Billy has to deal with other personality traits. In the movie, Billy became loyal to Bill and Ted very quickly, during the film Billy even saved Bill and Ted. This is not how we imagine Billy the Kid’s legacy is or how he behaved. From several articles, they talk about him constantly being on the run, also with all of the events he went through as a child, he would not have trusted two people he just met. Instead the film made Billy a caring partner to Bill and

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