Comparsion Of The Concept Of Family And Community In The Duel In The Sun

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Lastly, we’ll examine The Duel in the Sun’s concept of family and community and how it compares to High Noon’s concept of family and community. In The Duel in the Sun, the idea of family and community is nuanced and multifaceted. Traditional families, surrogate families, and the larger community as a family are just a few of the ways the film explores the concept of family. The narrative of Pearl Chavez, an orphan who struggles to find a place to call home, is at the center of the film. She is adopted by the McCanles family, who acts as a surrogate family for her, but she also falls in love with both of the McCanles sons, weaving a complex web of connections that puts the community’s and family’s ties to the test. The town of Spanish Bit, which …show more content…

The McCanles family is torn apart by violence and jealously, and the larger community is split apart by competing interests and allegiances. At the same time, the film also acknowledges the darker sides of family and community. In contrast to The Duel in the Sun, High Noon places more emphasis on the idea of a close-knit community standing together in the face of danger. The story takes place in the small town of Hadleyville, where Marshal Will Kane has just retired and is getting ready to leave with his new wife. But he finds out that a dangerous criminal he apprehended years earlier is returning to town on the noon train to exact revenge. The town’s streets are the scene of confrontation between Kane and the criminal despite his wife and the locals’ pleas for him to leave and avoid the altercation. The town’s residents come together to support Kane in his battle with the criminal throughout the entire film, which exhibits a strong sense of community is revealed to have its limitations, though, as many residents of the town are reluctant to take initiative and some even turn against Kane, causing tension and strife in the