KB- The searchers

The searchers shows how cowboys rely on the land. In Tompkins she discusses how the land may be very vask but the cowboy has control over the land. He knows what is going on in all places and has control over it. In the searchers the film shows the cowboys relation to the land, when the cowboy is unfamiliar with the land he is subject to an attack. In this film when Pawley was on the indian land he got killed. This shows that land that is not known by the cowboys is unsafe. The cowboys rely on their land for protection and have a secure feeling when they are on it. The land represents the strength of the cowboy, it is lonely yet strong. The cowboy is still the ultimate here and is never afraid of what is ahead. He is a man of few words, like the land that he roams it is vask but has much meaning. The cowboy is simple and strong much like the land.