The Untamed Frontier In Hondo

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Hondo is my favorite western, although it is the only one I have read that has nothing to do with it. It has all of the requirements to be a western, the type of western that focuses on the untamed frontier. I mean it has conflicts between the settlers and the Indians, open landscape of mountain ranges, rugged lands, and vast plains; all with with small towns (or town) and isolated homesteads. Plus the parts of the untamed frontier such as, hostile environments, shoot outs, show downs, and the classic good guy v.s bad guy. Now there is one part of the western that is uncanny between all of them, the hero, the skilled gunfighter that we all root for, the manly, courageous, tough, and honorable man that everyone wants to win. This hero is know as Hondo, the man of skills, he can blacksmith, lasso, track, handle horses, and of course killing. Now lets go deep into were each of these characteristics and really look at who or what they are in this story. …show more content…

Actually that came from another characteristic of a western, the conflict between settlers and Indians, after being raised with the Indians for three years he had killed several settlers. Then after he had left the Indians side to join the white mans army he killed many more Indians, that's how he had crafted his skills as a gunman and survivalist. It even is shown in the story that he has been killing for years, when he kills the first two Indians, he has a fast and accurate shooting style. Also he has the background to know were others may be hiding such as in a bush, or

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