"The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"

Paper Summary:

The paper looks at Crane's portrayal of the violence and crime in the Old West that was an accepted part of life. The paper also discusses how the story shows that the Old West was a male-dominated, violent and crime-ridden society, but when legitimate women came on the scene, the cities became more civilized and lawful.

Outline:
Introduction
Summary of Story
Violence and Crime
Town and Violence
Code of the West
Early Towns Populated by Men
Why Violence and Crime Existed
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Crane's story revolves around the town of Yellow Sky and its marshal, Jack Potter. Potter returns from San Antonio with a bride, and the entire fabric of the town undergoes a transformation. Crane writes, "He, the town marshal of Yellow Sky, a man known, liked, and feared in his corner, a prominent person, had gone to San Antonio to meet a girl he believed he loved, and there, after the usual prayers, had actually induced her to marry him" (Crane). The marshal has settled down, and brought "respectability" to the town, and now, the other residents much transform as well."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Crane, Stephen. "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky." University of Virginia. 1999. 2 April 2007.azhttp://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=CraBrid.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=teiHeader
• Brown, Richard Maxwell. No Duty to Retreat: Violence and Values in American History and Society. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
• Meldrum, Barbara Howard. Under the Sun: Myth and Realism in Western American Literature. Troy, NY: Whitston Pub. Co., 1985.
• Petry, Alice Hall. "Crane's the Bride Comes to Yellow Sky." Explicator 42.1 (1983): 45-47.
• Wolford, Chester L. "Classical Myth versus Realism in Crane's 'The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky'." Under the Sun: Myth and Realism in Western American Literature. Troy, NY: Whitston Pub. Co., 1985. 128-134.

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