“The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky” is fictional short story written by Stephen Crane, which tells the story of a the Yellow Sky’s town marshal named Jack Potter and the events that unfold during his return to his home town of Yellow Sky’s with his new bride. Within the narrative Crane creates and focuses on several themes which help to give the somewhat comically tone story depth and weight. Two of the most prevalent themes used by Crane within the story are the themes of the value we put on our duty as well as how important that value is when faced with an equal or as important factor, in this case love, and the feeling of difference or being estranged from the land, people, and culture you are in. Very near to the beginning of the story we, …show more content…
It comes in the form of the Drummer, both as a physical representation of a foreigner as well as a symbol of the East, Europe most likely. You can see this in the story the drummer does not fully understand the circumstances of the West, and one could almost say that this lack of understanding it at first leads him into a false sense of security. “The Drummer, innocent and jocular, answered: “All right, old man. S’pose he has? Come in and have a drink, anyhow.”” (Crane 257). The false sense of security does fad rapidly or rather he begins to become uncomfortable in the Western setting and unused to its tropes "The drummer seemed to be swayed between the interest of a foreigner and a perception of personal danger" (Crane 258). He is shown to be after coming to understand the circumstances of the events, more nervous and anxious than the other residents of Yellow Sky. They are more accustomed to Scratchy Wilson's behavior and therefore know how to respond to it. Simply take cover until he has calmed down or goes away. The drummer's character serves as a great foil to the Western men, such as Scratchy Wilson and Jack Potter, who both are strong representations