Amentville Big Whiskey Analysis

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The People of Hadleyville and Big Whiskey The people of Hadleyville and those of Big Whiskey are compared and contrasted in the following essay and the main issue of civilization between these two towns is brought out. The town people of Hadleyville are connected with crime as shown by the character of Frank Miller who is regarded as a criminal. He is a gang leader and he was committed to be hanged. As a result, he vows to revenge to the town marshal Will Kane. On the other hand, the townspeople of Big Whiskey are regarded as calm and quiet who lead their lives normally without being involved into crime (Foster 94). Another characteristic of the people of Hadleyville is that they are revengeful just as Frank Miller had vowed to revenge against Will …show more content…

The fight that erupts leads to the death of Frank. The people of Hadleyville are termed as cowards and frightened as they leave Will to confront Frank alone instead, they encourage him to leave the town to avoid him. Nevertheless, they are having strong beliefs towards God as depicted by mentioning of the many churches in the town. While Christianity and observation of good morals is observed in the town of Hadleyville, the people of Big Whiskey exercise some immorality as shown by the mentioning of prostitution in this town (Foster 94). Determination and brevity is shown by some of the people of Hadleyville for example Will Kane who refuses to leave in fear of Frank who has been pardoned his mistake. Will maintains his position that he will stay in the town despite being told by many people to leave the town (Foster 94). Will Kane is the protagonist in the film. He represents the brave and righteous person who is willing to stand against transgression; he stands for the United States during the cold war while the townspeople represent the United Nations as the communism who is afraid to fight for righteousness (Foster

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