Death of the West
Of the stereotypical figures that encompass the past of America, it is the image of the cowboy that resonates across the globe. Even in recent times, the image of the cowboy has been associated with the current President of the United States as he enunciates his global showdown with the terrorists, the embodied villains in black hats, by stating the old adage, "dead or alive". The cowboy myth conveys that such a person: is tough and stoic, prefers a harsh individualism to collectivism, hates injustices brought upon the weak by the powerful, and conveys a sense of honor and respect to certain members within a society. With the rise of industrialism and its effect on American culture, such examples began to die in their utility. As the American west was settled and began to emerge under a relatively unified government, the function of the cowboy, and the code of the brutal and lawless West, was lost to the powerful force of American society, and, perhaps, the......

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Title: Death Of The West
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