- "Where did My Cowboy Go?" by John W. Anderson in The Huffington Post
Read the article linked above and then answer one of the first four questions and the "Allplay" question in a comment.
1. Do you know many men like Davy Bunyon?
1. Do you know many men like Davy Bunyon?
2. Is the the author, John Anderson, right?
3. Why do you think there are so many "man/boys"?
4. Do we need more cowboys, as Anderson defines them?
Allplay: Is Rassendyll more like Davy Bunyon or a cowboy?
(4)Personally, yes I do believe we need an abundance more of cowboys. I understand that I haven't lived in the past where respect was a common treatment to one another, but I don't believe that whole ideal should die. What harm would there be in being polite or as so much as holding a door for someone? None, and so much for the cowboy aspect of it all, yes we do need more people to take the reins of they're own life and personally if that day will ever return we might see a bit more human in society.
ReplyDelete( I forgot to add this) Though Rudolf, I do see more as being a cowboy later in the book not so much as the beginning, because hes found some sort of sense of cause and pursuit of honor and kindness towards the end of the book that I believe he truly shapes more into a cowboy.
DeleteI believe there are so many “man/boys” in this world because they never received any type of encouragement and they simply lack a sense of sympathy to do anything kind for anyone else.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Rudolf was a Davy Bunyon in the beginning of the book, but as he faced obstacles in his life he learned how to learn and grow into a cowboy.
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DeleteSarah McLeeson- 2. I think that the author is correct. To man-up is just to be a gentlemen. to face the reality of life, as the article says, to be independent and responsible. Being a gentlemen is to be respectful to anyone and everyone (not just women).
ReplyDeleteI believe that Rudolf Rassendyll is more of a cowboy, respectful and got through things that life threw at him.
Lauren Kucharski - 2. Yes I think that the author is correct. In reality today men are lacking their independence. They rely on a mother-figure to take care of their responsibilities. To be a gentlemen is to focus more on your own concerns and how you're going to handle them.
ReplyDeleteI think that Rassendyll is in between. I don't think you could lean more towards cowboy or a Davy Bunyon. He relied on others in several times in the book but also was responsible for his duties towards the end.
2) I believe that John Anderson is right for the most part. While men these days are not the gentleman everyone wants them to be, it's more of an issue of technology and role models. Some men, "Davy Bunyons", would rather chat about trades from different sports teams and scores than face the family they left behind when they left to go to the bar and watch sports and the likewise. I agree men need to step it up and become a bit more in control of their own lives and stop looking towards woman to do all the work within the home and family. Men and woman should both assume responsibility equally and both should face the reality of life instead of sticking kids in front of a screen so they can hide behind their own. Being a gentleman doesn't take much; holding a door, complimenting a person when they're having a bad day, helping someone when they need it. It's all a matter of motivation to do it. If you don't see others doing it, chances are you won't be quick to do it. It's also a problem with role models, as I stated before. If there were gentlemen, boys would grow to be the same way as everyone else.
ReplyDeleteI feel Rudolf is, as the story progresses, becoming a cowboy. He gained his boots when he agreed to become the king to help Ruritania from being under B.M.'s rule. He started to gain other things along the way; a saddle for a decision to save the king, a cowboy shirt when he starts to fight back and figure out B.M.'s plan, and to top it all off he gains his cowboy hat and his horse when he steps down from the king's position and doesn't marry Flavia. It's a progression to a cowboy that took place.
I feel that not everyone knows what chivalry is or how to act on it. Reading this article made me learn about what Chivalry really is.
ReplyDelete(2)- John Anderson is right became men don’t have that chivalry anymore. They think they can just rely on a person and everything will be ok. And I do think men like Dave Bunyon should take responsibility and man up which means being a gentleman just like what John Anderson says. ~ K.P
ReplyDelete4) personally , I truly believe that we do need more cowboys as John Anderson explained them. Everyone loves a boy who is polite and can step up and be the man , it harms yourself and everyone around you if you’re just being selfish and only care for yourself , there are people around you that depend on you to be that person to step up. Men need to think about their actions and how they effect the people around them , not just how do they effect them personally. I feel that in the beggining Rassendyll was like Davy Bunyon , but as he actually goes through situations where he has to step up he understands and starts taking action and being a true cowboy, he learns from his actions as the book progresses and realizes his duties.
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DeleteQuestion:#3 "Why are there so many man/boys?" Response: I think they're so many man/boys either because their parents did not teach them how to actually be a man or they probably did not have anyone to look up to, to just have a good influence at all to show them how a man should be and not just a man who acts like a child at 35 and doesn't take on their responsibilities. Allplay Question; Response: I believe Rassendyll was more like a cowboy because he stood up in situations that he faced and didn't just give up on them like how Davy Bunyon did.
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ReplyDeleteI believe that there are so many man/boys because growing up they were never encouraged to be anything more than what they already walked in as. Times have changed, even if its not something good to say, it is true. People are hardly taught how to grow up anymore and it causes them to act out as a man/boy would. I feel that if they had a bit more guidance they could grow up just as man rather than a man/boy.
4. Do we need more cowboys, as Anderson defines them?
ReplyDeleteIn some ways we need more cowboys but to be overly independent is just as bad as not being dependent. If you are overly independent you could stop caring about other people and you will not ask for help when help is needed. Then if you are dependent on someone else you will not be able to for fill your duty as a human person.
Allplay: Is Rassendyll more like Davy Bunyon or a cowboy?
I think Rassendyll is more like a cowboy not because he is independent, he really depends on many others throughout the book, but because he finally takes responsibility and even though he does depend on others it’s a healthy dependency not like in the beginning of the book where he didn’t take any responsibility and was dependent on everyone else to do everything for him.
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I think the author is right that men are not acting like men they are scared and passive.
ReplyDeleteI think Rudolf ended the story as a cowboy because he did the honorable thing. Joey Gentile
I do agree with what the author is saying. Men do need to step up and take some charge once i a while. As it said in the article about Davy Bunyon, he basically let his girlfriend take care of his kids. The kids mostly live with their mom so they don't need to have another "mother figure", but needs a Dad one too. I do believe that the author makes good points about how men to do some of the work too.
ReplyDeleteI think Rudolf is more of a cowboy because he put risked his life saving the King which is an example of putting others before himself.
2) I do agree that some men in the world should take responsibility. Davy shouldn't have had his girlfriend do all the parenting for him, especially since they have a real mother. The kids don't need 2 mothers, they need a father and a mother. -Christian English
ReplyDeleteI do think that there should be more actual men who respect women and if they are married they should respect their wife. Men do need to take responsibility and accept that we need to respect others. I see so many times when a boy doesn't even hold the door for his girlfriend, it makes me mad to see that men don't respect women like we/they should.
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