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5/8/07 BR- What the heck is an ox-bow? Today: Finishing the Movie and Getting Your Final Assignment (for the movie)

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5/8/07 BR- What the heck is an ox-bow?. Today: Finishing the Movie and Getting Your Final Assignment (for the movie). A few final questions. - What sort of evidence was used to convict them? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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5/8/07BR- What the heck is an

ox-bow?

5/8/07BR- What the heck is an

ox-bow?Today: Finishing the Movie

and Getting Your Final Assignment (for the movie)

Today: Finishing the Movie and Getting Your Final

Assignment (for the movie)

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A few final questions..A few final questions..- What sort of evidence was used to convict them?

- How does the “Mexican Gunslinger’s”prior record affect the type of justice he and the group receives?

- How do you think the local culture affected the circumstances at the ox-bow

- Why do you think no one wanted (even the “tough” guys) to actually carry out the hanging?

- What sort of evidence was used to convict them?

- How does the “Mexican Gunslinger’s”prior record affect the type of justice he and the group receives?

- How do you think the local culture affected the circumstances at the ox-bow

- Why do you think no one wanted (even the “tough” guys) to actually carry out the hanging?

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Final Project PossibilitiesFinal Project Possibilities

A - Essay 2 pages typedIn all essays you will be graded on

clear writing style and how well you support your thesis with evidence from the movie.

A - Essay 2 pages typedIn all essays you will be graded on

clear writing style and how well you support your thesis with evidence from the movie.

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Essay TopicsEssay Topics1. Was “justice” done in this movie? Why or Why

not?2. Write Mr. Martin’s final letter to his wife.3. How did local culture and personalities affect

the events in this move4. Martin writes, “"Law is a lot more than words you put in

a book, or judges or lawyers or sheriffs you hire to carry it out. It's everything people ever have found out about justice and what's right and wrong." What do you think that means and how does it apply to justice?

1. Was “justice” done in this movie? Why or Why not?

2. Write Mr. Martin’s final letter to his wife.3. How did local culture and personalities affect

the events in this move4. Martin writes, “"Law is a lot more than words you put in

a book, or judges or lawyers or sheriffs you hire to carry it out. It's everything people ever have found out about justice and what's right and wrong." What do you think that means and how does it apply to justice?