Film Analysis: The Lone Ranger

The movie "The Lone Ranger" is an American western action film that tells the story of a two men subduing local villainy and bringing justice to the American Old West. The story centers on the recollections of a Comanche Native American Tonto and the adventures that found lawman John Reid transform into the Lone Ranger, a legendary hero of the Old West. Tonto and John both have a common enemy, Butch Cavendish, an outlaw who killed their families and tribes. The construction of the Transcontinental Railroad played an important role in this movie. A railroad tycoon, Latham Cole, wanted to take complete control over the railroad company and used mined silver to gain power. There were many symbolic objects or meaningful figures that appeared in

This silver bullet was made by the fallen Ranger badges, Tonto picked them up and melted it into a bullet. As he gave it to John, he mentions Butch Cavendish and states that "Silver made him what he is, and so will return him to the earth." Since silver was the reason why everything started, justice should be returned as they kill Cavendish with the silver bullet. When Tonto and John had captured Cavendish at the silver mine, Tonto demands John to kill Cavendish with the silver bullet. John refused to do it, he believes that using a gun and killing people is not justice, and Cavendish should be taken down lawfully. When Tonto attempted to kill Cavendish himself, John knocks him unconscious and brings Cavendish in alive. By following his belief of justice, he brought Cavendish in to Cole, which he later found out was a partner and accomplice of Cavendish. Furthermore, when Tonto was sneaking under the train, he requested Danny to make a trade with him. He gave Danny his silver bullet for a grape in return. Unlike the pocket watch, the silver bullet represented good trade instead of bad trade. It is a trade that will help save Tonto 's life later on. When Tonto was threatened by Cole on the train, Danny passed the bullet to John. John fires the bullet at Cole, it saved Tonto and reversed the situation as Tonto defeats Cole. At the end of the movie, it comes back to the scene between the boy and

Cole and Cavendish 's plans had also originated out of their discovery of silver. Aside from the pocket watch, these other symbolic objects that had appeared in the movie are important figures that helped Tonto and John during their revenge. The pocket watch, the bird, the mask, the Spirit Horse, and the silver bullet all played significant roles in this movie, and they all represents different ideas. Fortunately, in the end, John and Tonto succeeded in their revenge. The town and railroad enterprise recognized John as a hero, and offered him a law-enforcement position, but John declined. Through this experience, John had decided that he will continue on being a Lone Ranger, and he rode off on the Spirit Horse which he names "Silver" with Tonto and proceed on his