... all new to them just like the new West would be. The characters seemed to play a major role in the theme. One of the main characters, Jack Potter, is the typical old West sheriff. He always carries his gun, stops the gunfights with Scratchy Wilson, and keeps the town in order. When he gets married ... , he changes. He does not carry a gun like he normally would, showing change. When Potter married the woman from the East, he married outside of the "general custom" (225). He did not tell anyone in his town ... about his marriage to this woman and did not consult with his family first, whi...

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• Approx Pages: 3
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• Grade Level: High School

... as someone who is the village drunk, he is calm most of the time, but every once in a while he gets drunk, and goes looking for a fight, mainly with Jack Potter. At the end of the story he is then greeted by Jack and his new bride and seeing this Scratchy calls off his fights. This goes to show that fulfilling ... before running off and marrying. But at the end it is actually his wife that gets him approval. By brining her along, Scratchy "approves" of him, and therefore does not carry out with his intention of a gun fight. So Jack's fear of acceptance was unfounded at the beginning, bu...

• Word Count: 331
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School