In the film, the cowboy who abuses the prostitute is only the boy who knows to apologize impulsively. The prostitute who hires someone to commit murder is just a rebellion against social injustice. The old Bob teased and bullied his elderly stranger on the train, and Bill just gave a severe lesson. They endangered Bob and William, who endangered social order, and William Munny killed the incredible little Bill.
They may be exaggerated, persuasive, or taciturn, but they all have their own correct value system. It’s just that in the West, it’s not your correctness at all, but your six-round revolver, maybe with a little luck, as William said.
After this conflict, all those legends and those who might become legends disappeared, and the western part became a legend.
Maybe the old man didn't want to oppose violence, and he didn't necessarily want to oppose the western type. There has not been an absolutely specific type of westerns since the 1950s. This is more like a summary of his cowboy's life, a farewell to the Western Dream, and also a farewell to countless other contemporaries of the Western Dream. In the end, all the legends disappeared, and all that is left is the legend.
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