The novel The Day the Cowboys Quit is about cowboys and the days of the old Texas cattle drives. The date in which this novel takes place is in 1883 in the Texas Panhandle. The cowboys had always been stereotyped as drinkers, and now, they refused to be stigmatized as drinkers and exploited by the wealthy cattle owners who have plenty of money, but don't even pay livable wages to the cowboys. Those very same wealthy ranchers want to take away the right for cowboys to own their own cattle because they feel that the cowboys can't be trusted. The ranchers believe that if the cowboys have the right to own their own cattle, it may lead to the cowboys steeling the rancher's cattle. So, in 1883, the new dictum is set: If you"re a cowboy, you can't own a cow. When the news of such legislation travel from wagon to wagon, the cowboys decide to rally and fight for their rights--they gather together and fight. The novel also boasts many Americanisms, which I will name a few of in the following paragraphs.
The first Americanism that I located in this novel was that of Yankee ingenuity. In the novel, one of the cowboys has started owning his own cattle, and he needed a brand to brand his cattle so that they didn't get mixed up with all of the other cattle. Well, the owner of this new cattle group could not afford to buy his own brand so he borrowed another cowboy's brand and made a different shape out of it on his cattle. The brand that he borrowed was in the shape of a "W", so he burned it on the cattle once right side up, then flipped it and burned it as an upside down "W". This resulted in a 2-diamond pattern, so his new cattle brand was 2 diamonds. This is Yankee ingenuity because he him making the different symbol with the "W" was a temporary solution to an immediate .
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The second Americanism I found was land. It's obvious that there is a lot of land covered in this book because they are on a cattle drive.
"The Cowboys" The movie, "The Cowboys," portrayed the real life of a cowboy. ... However, it was rough being a cowboy! A cowboy's day would start by getting up before daybreak. ... A cowboy would sometimes run into some problems. ... Cheating was a very common thing back in the day. ...
"Should have been A Cowboy", a popular kit country song of the mid 90's, broke out on the charts making people think back on their lifestyles. But in fact, do people view cowboys as the hero who has no trouble or worry, or the real cowboy lifestyle as rugged and dirty, struggling to survive. Cowboys were mounted herders hired by cattle owners in the United States to look after their livestock. ... This is the image I have always had about cowboys, but boy was I wrong. Between stampedes and Indians a cowboy had hardly enough time to enjoy the scenery. ...
Describe the myths and the realities of the American cowboy. Modern society envisions a cowboy as a chic, rustic man on a horse riding into the sunset; yet, a true cowboy was a laborer. ... The drag men were the least favored and placed in the back to be inundated with the dust from the herd the entire day. ... Despite the mythic image that captures the cowboy as an Anglo-American hero; white men were not the original cowboys. ... Thus began the legacy of the American cowboy. ...
To be precise the white cowboys made up 1/3 of the cowboy population. ... Even now a day people are comfortable thinking that cowboys were only white. ... A traveling herder cowboy would make close to sixty cents a day and a ranching cowboy would make close to fifty cents a day. ... This is why most cowboys now a day are white. ... Now a day it is easier to find Waldo than it is to find a black cowboy. ...
There were four main cattle trails traveled by the cowboys. ... The cowboys who made the long drive rode on horses from Mexico. ... A real cowboy worked 14 hours a day on a ranch, or possibly more during the long drive. Cowboys were as young as 15, and most retired at around 40. ... Cowboys spent all day in the saddle and earned about a dollar per day. ...
There were four main cattle trails traveled by the cowboys. ... The cowboys who made the long drive rode on horses from Mexico. ... A real cowboy worked 14 hours a day on a ranch, or possibly more during the long drive. Cowboys were as young as 15, and most retired at around 40. ... Cowboys spent all day in the saddle and earned about a dollar per day. ...
The cowboy has over time developed into a popular subject for many forms of entertainment, but is what we see and read really the way cowboys were? ... This brought out the legacy of the "American Cowboy." ... From the labor they did compared to the labor of the cowboys of the 1500's, they themselves were known as "cowboys". A cowboy would range from the age of 13 and up. ... The cowboy today, is not nearly as heard of. ...
Americanism Americanism. ... Another thing that I think Americanism means is freedom of choice. ... So in conclusion to the question, "What does Americanism mean to me," I would have to say that Americanism means being free, well cared for, and most of all responsible. That is what Americanism means to me....
Rather then go to work one day, he dresses, bathes, and puts on flashy cowboy attire. ... Before he leaves for his fantasyland, he stops at Miller's Restaurant, his work, to quit his dead-end job. ... A major symbol in Midnight Cowboy is religion. ... There are a lot of things wrong with Midnight Cowboy. ... Midnight Cowboy is an incredibly long movie. ...
