In this movie, the main character, Ethan Edwards, returns home. Or at least what he can call home for the time being. But not after long his brothers family, who he was staying with, was horribly massacred by Comanches. Two young girls were taken from the family. Ethan vows to find and return the young girls to society where

they will be accepted, but he is unable to say this about himself. Along his journey he discovers one of the young girls, she was already dead. In finding this a small part of him is lost, in the movie he losses his jacket, but truly part of his identity is missing. When Ethan recovers his youngest niece Debbie he brings her home. When all is said and done and Debbie is home, everyone enters the house. Everyone except Ethan, who still doesn’t know as to where he belongs.

It is hard to draw similarities between Ethan and the Comanche civilization. This is due to the highly prejudice way in which the director displays Native American culture. Their culture is constantly shown in headdresses and war paint. That is because this is the only many Americans knew how to associate Indian culture at the time. When the character scar is introduced into the film is shows a great resemblance towards Ethan. Even at one point they both display there ignorance towards civilization, thinking

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