After watching the movie, Shane comes out as a western hero to a great extent. He represents the beliefs and ideas that the author of the herosShane appears a man of action, and does not complain in the entire story. Comparing Shane with the character Jimmy Ringo in “The Gunfighter”(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042531/), by Henry King, one appreciates his hero qualities, in that; he is humble, yet very courageous. The author depicts him thus: “ …..he rode into our little valley out of the great glowing west….” (Shaefer 135). He is thus, a western hero. The picture below from Shane’s book also depicts him as a hero.

Figure 1: Cover photo of Shaefer’s book depicts Shane as a western hero.

the theme of the difficulty of overcoming one’s past. Throughout the film, Shane lives with a struggle to forget his past but he is defeated by his own

Works Cited

“Shane”. Dir. Stevens, George. Perf. Allan Ladd, Jack Palance, Brandon deWilde, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin. 1953. Film.

Schaefer, Jack, “Shane”. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001. Print.