Westerns

A western movie is primary set in the late 19th century. Its normally a movie with a main character playing an "unstoppable" American cowboy. The movie normally shows Americans fighting Indians because the movie makes it seem like the Indians are trying to stop americans from settling.

Some common themes and plot points in westerns are:

- the cowboys always win

-Indians are less civilized with arrows, Cowboys are civilized with guns

-Cowboys are good, Indians are bad

- settlers vs. Indians

- humanity vs. civilization

Western movies represent an American film genre. This genre is used to make americans look better then other ethnicities.

Normally in Westerns, Indians play the role of the savage, trying to kill the cowboys. The movies always show the Indians in battle or as warriors. Also movies show Indian women loving white men and wanting to have their way of life.