After spending chapter 8 discussing assimilation patters in America, Huntington turns in chapter 9 to discussing Mexican Immigration. Mexican immigration is different than almost any other ethnic group in many ways. America and Mexico have a special relationship because of… Read moreHuntington Ch 9 ERA
I think that the film is highly inaccurate in its portrayal of the sentiments of ordinary Americans. I recognize that the film takes place during a period of “hard times,” but I am not at all convinced that the American… Read moreThe portrayal of perverse cultural values in Bonnie and Clyde
In Cormac McCathy’s novel “All the Pretty Horses”, John Grady Cole serves as an accurate representation of the Anglo-Protestant culture described by Samuel Huntington in his book “Who Are We: The Challenges to American National Identity.” Huntington describes America’s Anglo-Protestant… Read moreShort Essay #3
This section begins with John Grady Cole going back to the police unit who detained him, Rawlins, and Blevins to get their horses and belongings back. In the process, he decides to take the capitan who gave the order to… Read moreAll the Pretty Horses ERA pg. 257-conclusion
“All the Pretty Horses” seeks to explore American myth and American identity through its presentation of the story of John Grady Cole. What I have found interesting throughout the novel so far is how McCarthy strives to accomplish this through… Read moreHuntingdon & Horses