Relationship of Western Film Heroes With The Community In the genre of western films, the hero plays a key role. Humanity portrays "civilization overcoming the hostile country" (Miller 66). In many films the American Civil War is over and people have turned their attention to more constructive pursuits, such as battling nature to progress America's future rather than each other. In between this wild country fraught with danger and corruption lies the role of the hero. …showed first 75 words of 2086 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2086 total…may do the same job as Hatton, he does not have a tin star that dictates the approval of society. Works Cited Abel. Letter to the author. Dodge City Variety. 12 April 1939. Miller, Gabriel. "Shane Redux: The Shootist and the Western Dilemma." The Journal of Popular Film and Television. Vol.11. No.2. Summer 1983. Morse, David. Under Western Eyes: Variations on a Genre. Monogram, No.6. October 1975. Solomon, Stanley. Beyond Formula: American Film Genres. San Diego: Hardcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976.