Essay Comparing The Call Of The Canyon And The Lone Star Ranger

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Carson Brackin 11th Advanced English C. Ellison 5 December 2017 Author study on Zane Grey People who have read any of Zane Grey’s books have noticed his style of literature. The Call of The Canyon and The Lone Star Ranger are two different stories based of the Wild West. When you read the two you notice similarities and differences in many ways. How both are based off the early times in the west, how the themes are different in the two stories and the characters views on manifest destiny. First, in both of these stories the setting is the same. Both are stories based in the west from many years ago. The Call of the Canyon is based out West in Arizona on a farm. (Flora par.4) The Lone Star Ranger is based in Texas in a little town named Farfield. (Jackson par.7) They both were in a time when the …show more content…

Even though there both based off the Wild West there two different situations. In The Call of the Canyon Glenn is coming home from World War 1 and has went out west for reasons his fiancé doesn’t know of. When she goes to visit him in Arizona she get swept up by the West. In the Lone Star Ranger U.S Marshall teams up with Deputy Ranger Vaugn Steele clean up the streets of his little town of Farfield, Texas. Finally, in The Call of The Canyon and The Lone Star Ranger was in the time when our goal was to conquer the West. In The Lone Star Ranger the US Marshalls and Deputy Ranger Vaughn Steele try to clean up the streets of Farfield from the outlaws that are trying to conquer the town. In The Call of the Canyon Glenn goes to Arizona to work on one of the busy farms that has expanded during this booming time. In conclusion, reading both of the books with their similarities and differences made me more enjoyable to read. When reading The Call of the Canyon and The Lone Star Ranger you notice Zane Greys unique writing style. The way he makes you feel like your right there in the

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