John Wayne

Q: What do you know about John Wayne ?
A: I know that John Wayne was a American actor, film director / producer. He was an American icon who usually played the role of a cowboy. His most finest role was in The Searchers. John Wayne also appeared in a dozen more Westerns including Stagecoach,She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,Rio Bravo,The Quiet Man,Hatari!,McClintock, and The Shootist .

Q:What do you expect from his movies ?
A: I would expect to see much action and maybe a little violence in a film involving John Wayne. I expect his roles to be world-weary and realistic at the same time. Maybe he will have one of the best/ most talented horses in the west. I look for him to play the role of a hero/man of honor.

The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger was interesting.It was little different for me to watch something in black in white, but I enjoyed seeing the way of life of the cowboys during that time. Technology and film production has come a long way. It also reminded me of Lawson and his crew going after the Outlaws (the bad cowboys). I did in fact like the way they worked together and helped each other. I couldn't seem to understand Tonto speech. Why did he speak this way and why was he played by a white man ? Was it just a sterotype about Native Americans?

Alexie's "I Hate Tonto (Still Do)"

In the beginning Alexie starts off by stating that he loves all Indian films, good and bad. He would get so into these films that he would imagine self as a cinematic Indian. As Alexie matured and begin to realize that Indians were nothing like the Indians portrayed in these film, he then accepted his Indian heritage. This was one of the main reason he did not like Tonto , because he was a Indian who actually played the role of a real Indian. It's good that he got over these stereotypes as he got older, it open his eyes to see that he could be the stereotypical Indian, but was far different from what was being portrayed.

Group Discussion Questions

1.) What was the most interesting thing that came out of your group discussion today?
a.) the fact that Jesse James escaped in the end, when everyone thought he would die at the end.
b.) we questioned whether or not they had real armour or was it something they made back then.
2.) If you were to write on this novel, what would you write about and why?
a.) I would probably write about Jesse and his super human characteristics. These characteristics were seen throughout the novel and I thought Jesse was pretty interesting.

Jesse James, the Outlaw- The End

Chapters 9-13
My thought was that Jesse would get the information he needed regarding Jesse treasure as he helped Ed during his last moments. However, he did not get enough information about the secret. Without any success, he did try to go on with what little info he had in search of the buried treasure. Lawson and the outlaws meet up again during another bank robbery and a massacre occurred among the gangs. My question was who will survive and who will not ? Many of the outlaws were injured as well as killed. Bob Younger is shot down and Lawson came to his rescue. While consoling Bob Lawson asks him a second time for the secret regarding the whereabouts of Tip Younger, and believe it or not it he gives the secret away to Lawson. The Good news is that all three Younger's recovered from their injuries and were sentenced to prison. Frank and Jesse escape once again. Lawson sets out to find Tip Younger. After another encounter with Jesse Lawson succeed at finding the child and returned him to his grandfather. Lawson was brave man and endured a great deal while on his journey to bring the outlaws to justice. Even though he did not capture Jesse he did good job at using his intelligence and multiple sources to find Tip. Many of the outlaws were imprisoned and lost their lives for no reason, in the end Jesse and Frank James were all out for themselves and their partners in crime were the last thing on their mind.

Jesse James, the Outlaw

Significant Happenings:
I. Lawson lies about being a doctor and Jesse James believes him.
II. There were 12 dozen bullets fired at Jesse and all missed him. WOW!!
Is Jesse super human or something?
III. Jesse James is shot in the neck, BUT he didn't really die and he jumped up to escape !
IV. The outlaws dress up as cowboys and rob the bank in front of Lawson and his crew.
V. Cutts and Larry the Lamb were sentenced to prison for bringing the fake corpse of Jesse to authorities.
VI. It is revealed that Dancer Jesse's horse is the fastest in the west.
VII. Jesse jumped onto his horse and threatened to kill Lawson if they met again.

Jesse James, the Outlaw- Continued

Chapter 5-8
Chapter five continues with the James brothers and gang attempting to kill Lawson. Just as Lawson was giving his last remarks, he heard what he called a rustle of garments on the porch behind him, it was Jesse wife. As she got Jesse attention, Lawson recalled the promise she had made with him at the retreat. The promise was that if the James brothers found out whom he was that she would help him escape as long as he finds the child and takes him away from Jesse. Without a second thought Lawson remembered the signal in which she had told him to give her to notify him if he encountered such a time and he did so. During Lawson escapes he manages to shoot a few members of the outlaw during his flee. Finally, he reaches Independence and this is where the detectives have a council meeting. This meeting involves a plan to capture the James’s with the help of George Sheppard who is still undercover and living with the outlaws…
My first thought was that Lawson was dead. It surprised me that he followed through with the plan to let Jesse wife help him escape. I hope their plan plays out well and the detectives capture these guys. Let’s see…
Chapter six continues with the plan. Sheppard sets out to Empire City with these guys as they plan to rob a bank. Throughout the plan they are suspicious of Sheppard and Ed Miller (an outlaw) watches his every move. As he followed Sheppard secretly he found proof of his treachery. He found out about Sheppard telegraph which was addressed to G.H. Timberlake. Miller takes this back to Jesse and they confront Sheppard and attempt to kill him. Immediately Sheppard sends out two emergency telegraphs to G.H. Timberlake. In his flee Sheppard shoots Jesse and everyone thinks he’s dead. As Sheppard gang arrives they witness what they think are cowboys robbing a bank which in actuality was the outlaws in disguise. Two young fellows brought a corpse claiming that it was Jesse. Lawson was brought to identify the body and guess what? It was not Jesse! Unfortunately, the outlaws had a new role they were playing and that was to sell their own corpse to authorities. Jesse jumps out and starts an up roar among the people.
Awe man, I thought Jesse was dead! He’s still alive! Someone catch him!
Chapter seven continues with Jesse after his awake from a false death. I can’t understand why dozen of shots were fired at Jesse and did not one take him down. He is quick on his feet as well as dodging bullets. lol. Cutts and Larry the Lamb who delivered the fake corpse were sentenced to the state prison. Yes! Gorham came to Kansas City to deliver a message that the gang was at it again, they were planning to rob the west-bound express. Lawson and his crew prepared and loaded up for the expedition in hope of capturing these criminals.
I’m behind them 100%. I hope they succeed this time.
The next chapter is the battle between Lawson and his gang and the outlaws. Lawson and his crew are bombed rushed by the outlaws and a brutal brawl breaks out, leaving many wounded and a few dead. As always Jesse and his gang manages to flee the scene. From here they head to a cabin where the outlaws are. Under the leadership of Timberlake Lawson and crew follow and sets their cabin on fire, causing the outlaws to evacuate. The outlaws and Lawson crew continued firing shots at each other. After this they continued to follow these guys and once again they lost sight of them as they skirted off through the woods. As Lawson was leaving battle with the outlaws he ran across the wife of Dick Little (who fired at Jesse on the train). She tells him that she is out to get revenge on the James’s for leading her husband into being a robber. As she was leaving she left Lawson with these words “we may meet again”. I wonder where and when? As they continued Lawson found his self alone in a wild forest and along the way he comes across an unsuspecting outlaw, Bob Younger. He precipitated upon him and held him at gun point as he threatened him to tell him where Jesse was hiding Tip Younger…
I thought they would capture these guys this time. The outlaws are pretty good at what they do and play it smart. I can’t wait to read about their next robbery and their escape plan. Lawson and crew are going to have to up their game plan to catch these guys, especially Jesse and Frank. Also, I wonder if Bob will give him any info regarding Tip Younger? …

Jesse James, the Outlaw

Chapters 1-4
Chapter one started off with gun shots being fired(which caught my attention), from three
Chicago detectives in disguise on a mission to capture the James brothers. Along with them is a medical man (doctor) in disguise as well. These were brothers were known to the community as bandits and robbers, and there is a $10,000 reward at stake for the person who brings these individuals to justice. As the story continues these detectives have a run in with the James Bros and have a little encounter with the James Bro mother and two are murdered. Jewell manages to escape. The medical doc of Booneville lied, telling Jesse that he was sent to deliver a message from Blanche Rideau who is dying, in an attempt to have Jesse return to the paths of virtue. Jesse believes and begins to trust the medical doc and invites him to continue his stay with them. He does so and witness a great deal on his journey. One thing that caught my attention(and I would guess it caught the the medical doc attention as well) was the murderous scene of a Chicago detective being hung and then shot to death.

Chapter 2 continues with the medical doc living with the James brothers and learning their plans. The disguised detective is given orders by Jesse to go out to Independence and find out the latest news concerning Frank and himself. The medical doc sets out to do so and on his journey he picks out info that he thought would be interesting to Jesse . On his journey he meets up with Jewell ( the detective who escaped in Chapter 1) as well as some other confederates of his and exchange info with them about the James brothers. Just as he was heading back to town he witnessed Jesse and Frank fled the scene of a robbery at the fair...

The medical doc is taking on a risk that could be life changing. He has is very brave and has set forth what seems to be excellent plan to bring these criminals to justice. These people of this town have not only been hurt physically but mentally as well, and someone needs to protect these innocent individuals. My wish is that he or any other detective succeeds at capturing these murders/bandits.

Chapter 3 takes place at a retreat along with the James brothers wives. While attending this retreat Jesse and the medical doc have a in depth discussion about Blanche. Jesse tells the doc all of his past history with Blacnhe. While Jesse talked the doc agreed to it all and took it all in to use as evidence against Jesse. During his stay at the retreat the doc had an encounter with Jesse wife. She tries to seek out the real reason for his being there. As she questioned the doc she also tries to make and agreement with him, that if he finds the boy Jesse has concealed then she promises to help him and the boy escape the James brothers. The doc continues his disguise and tells her that he is there strictly to do business with her husband only. Towards the end of the retreat the doc witness a conversation involving the James brothers and their other gang members as they plan to rob the express train.

It seems as if the doc is getting in good with the James brothers. He has been exposed to significant amount of information, directly from the source, that he use in his capture of these guys.

Chapter 4 takes place with Jesse and Frank James along with their gang attempting to rob the express train. The doc and Sheppard ( also a undercover detective) are the look out guys in this robbery. They successfully complete the robbery and agree to meet up later to divide the profits. As the doc witness the robbery take place he describes the event as being a big confusion and act of terror. As they journeyed back to the farmhouse , Jesse along with Frank Cole and a newcomer all approached the Doc with a fierce shout, exclaiming that Cutt has been to Booneville and found out all about him. Jesse yelled out that the doc had deceived him and they all pulled out their guns in aim at the doc...

These are some bad guys and need to be punished. They are destroying the town as well as the lives of people in the town. They are self centered individuals who are all out for themselves. I agree with the doc , they continued to committ several acts of terror throughout their brutal attacks.

Deloria

The primary factor of the Boston Tea Party was race /racial imagination. The Boston Tea Party was a rebellion with Indians that caused them to dump tea into the Pearl Harbor. Americans were very particular about stuff. The article stated they wanted to have their "cake and eat it too", thus meaning they wanted to give orders and savage freedom. The Indians were very secretive and they cared immensely about the idea of disguise, especially during the holidays such as Halloween. The Americans used the Boston Tea Party as away to mock the Indians and their way of life.

Colonists from Boston planned to hide their identity from the British, as their acts would most certainly lead to harsh punishments. As the article stated Americans/ British Dressing as "Indians" was the colonists' symbolic way of showing the British shipping captains that the colonists were beginning to identify themselves as "Americans" rather than British citizens.

King George III and his government looked to taxing the American colonies as a way of recouping their war costs. They were also looking for ways to re-establish control over the colonial governments that had become increasingly independent while the Crown was distracted by the war. It was the Crown's attempt to place a tariff on tea that spurred the colonists to action and laid the groundwork for the American Revolution.

Charlot & Baum

Charlot speech was not only heart-felt but true. He was an intelligent and brave man for speaking against and resisting non-violently towards the whites. Throughout his speech he proved the whites wrong when they called them "creatures". Creatures don't have morals nor do they show respsect along with hospitality to someone who comes and takes their land along with their life away from them. These individuals (Flatheads) resisted peacefully. All the whites did was lie,make broken promises, and treaties to the Indians and request them to pay for their own possessions. How could one take everything from another human being in an attempt to pay off his own debt?Charlot said it right they were merciless cowards. Not only did they take away from them physically but spiritually as well. The Indians carried these memories along with untold stories,ideas,pain, and heart ache to their graves. I strongly agree with Charlot when he stated that there is a God. Each one of these persons who victimized a Indian will someday (if they haven't already) answer for all the brutality that was brought upon the early Indians.

In Baum first editorial he stresses extreme hatred for the Indians and strongly believe they should be killed off. Baum supposdely supports such prejudice by stating they are broken individuals with a manhood and would be better off dead. He then goes on to say they would be forgotten in history and the Americans would receive all the glory. How could one do more or less think of doing something so degrading as this? One has to be completely out of his mind. My belief is that no particular person is better than another, and no one person should ever think of him or herself as being more or less than another human being.

In his second editorial, everything was wiped away from the Indians without one thought of consideration. They were disrespected and called "untamed and untamable" creatures. After reading this statement I came to a conclusion that these individuals were viewed as wild animals who must be killed off for the safety of the whites. He ended with the statement "when the whites win a fight, it is a victory, and when the Indians win it it is a massacre". The whites really believed that they were given the privilege to go and take control and kill the Indians for their (Indians) own land and if they retaliate against them this was unacceptable. This showed a complete act of disgrace on behalf of the American society.

Noble Savage

After reading several selections regarding noble savages, I still do not have a clear understanding of what a "noble savage" is. According to the entry, Erroneous Identification of Rousseau with the Noble Savage , Rousseau believed that everyone was born with good potentials and civilization along with envy and self consciousness makes man bad. His belief was that men were only made good through education and a constituted society.Rousseau had one belief that society needs today and that was belief in equality.

Jackson

This was another interesting, but sad read. The government was wrong for the false treaties they brought before the Senate. The white person's mistreated the Poncas even as they proceeded to comply with the treaty that abandoned everything from their settlesments,homes, and hunting-grounds. Yes, the U.S. government agreed to protect these individuals, but in the end they continued to destroy and take away what was not theirs from the beginning.

It saddens me read and or witness innocent people like the Poncas killed and driven from their homeland for no reason. The Poncas were brave individuals, and I admire them for remaining loyal and peaceable throughout all their truobles.

Zitkala Sa

This was an interesting read. The exerpt flowed well and I was not bored by the reading. Zitkala Sa was a strong-willed individual. She was an over achiever who accomplished many things and made contributions to society. She was extremely intelligent and witht he support and encouragement from her mother she was able to succeed tremendously.

I admire her mother for not giving up on life as she faced many hardships including loosing her brother and daughter. I love the way they came together as a family/community for dinner. We need more of this family bonding in today's society. Her mom's fear of her going off to the missionariesd reminds me of any mother's fear the first day her child leaves for college. It's wonderful that Zitkala Sa has a mother of such good spirit. She put her daughters best interests to heart and allowed her to leave for an education. This allowed Zitkala to become someone who had great character and would no longer be intimidated by the palefaces.