... beneath a fallacious image of civilization and humanity. The romanticized image of the "Old West,"" made popular through the adventure and danger of late nineteenth century dime novels as well as the sex appeal and grit of contemporary actors like John Wayne and Clint Eastwood, is replicated through ... Feaster 81). The "Blue Hotel,"" or the centerpiece of the town, is described in the opening paragraph as "a light blue . . . shade that is on the legs of a kind of heron- (325). Crane's comparison of the hotel's hue to a heron, or a bird that acts as an overt representation ... for the...

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