... more difficult as they grew older and less capable of what we now deem "survival of the fittest." With this philosophy also came a new sense of livelihood and tradition. Certain ideas and conceptions of the frontier and its roughness drove pioneers develop their own aspirations and ideals. Readers are ... in this analysis, the search for freedom has been intertwined with the other thematic issues. Huck introduces readers to a new vision of freedom which offers the idea of a good life, new and hard to resist because it is so easily attained. It requires none of the traditional virtues and...

• Word Count: 3770
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

... movies like Midnight Cowboy, Alice's Restaurant, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and, particularly, Easy Rider seemed to represent the beginning of a vital new phase in the development of the American film. Also in 1970, younger film-makers were given unusual freedom to create personal projects dealing frankly with contemporary ... Pieces is a 'road' picture. It is loosely structured, rough, portrait of the contemporary American drifter. It is independently produced film, unorthodox in both theme and style, as Easy Rider was; but it is also a more mature and honest work and a critique o...

• Word Count: 3296
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School