ENGL 4270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Nat Love, Horse Training, Stoning
5 Dec 2016
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It surely had its own culture within the greater culture of the entire continent. America = black & white / foreign others = mexicans & native americans. Horses are the middle entity that allows the men to compete against each other in the meritocracy of western life. Nat moves up in status by demonstrating his abilities with riding and. Masculine hierarchy/meritocracy diminishes the need for racial hierarchy. Although, in the west, there"s an absence of traditional law and women. His ability with the gun came naturally he picked it up, started firing and his fear instantly disappeared for ever seemingly. His experiences in the west are a kind of education that slavery didn"t allow him to obtain. He was the man of the house at a very young age he took the mantle of manhood earlier and this allows him to acquire all sorts of necessary masculine attributes that lead him to advancement.
