Far And Away Analysis

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No. 2 Five-paragraph essay on Far and Away Far and Away is a fantastic depiction of the Oklahoma Land Rush in the 1890s. Despite the movie Far and Away showing many amazing and interesting scenes, I find the one that shows the Oklahoma Land Rush the most fantastic. Particularly, how realistic the depiction was, its great images, and how differently the characters experienced the Land Rush. Firstly, Far and Away’s depiction of the Oklahoma Land Rush was fantastic because it was realistic. For one thing, the atmosphere was very real and tense. They used music which made me feel particularly anxious about what was happening. Despite the poor setting of watching this movie in a bright classroom, the movie itself actually made me sit at the edge …show more content…

First of all, the protagonist of Far and Away, a young Irishman, named Joseph Donnelly is trying to catch up to Shannon Christie and Stephen Chase. Joseph’s horse is not nearly as behaved as Shannon and Stephen’s. Thus, Joseph is seen struggling to steer and control his green-broken stallion, who is everything but well-behaved. Despite the fact that Joseph is very unwanted by Stephen, who wouldn’t think twice about shooting him, Joseph still can’t get Shannon out of his head. Therefore, he dangerously races to claim Shannon’s dream spot, before she does. In spite of Shannon not wanting to be with Stephen she is still willing to go with him so that he can help her get the little plot of land she has been dreaming of, since the beginning of the movie. It is very strange to watch her choose between love (Joseph) and her dream (a little plot of land). Meanwhile, Shannon’s parents, Nora and Daniel Christi have jumped the starting line early and cheated to get the best plot of land. Nora is nervous and not crazy about the idea of cheating, while Daniel is all for it. This part of the movies I found extremely funny, yet fantastic. It especially had me laughing when Daniel rode the horses around in circles to make them look sweaty, while Nora was nervously waiting with a flag in her hand, wanting to claim the plot of land as soon as