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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">High
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Noon on the Waterfront and the Red Scare</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">Joseph
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J. Green</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">Northern
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif"> The endings of the films “High
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Noon” and “On the Waterfront” are both a product of their
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times. They have highly significant themes that seem to be an echo of
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the battle between communism and capitalism, or more precisely, the
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mob and the individual. It’s also clear that if both these films
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were similar to fables, where the goal is to have some special moral
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to teach people, that we would find them to be very similar. Though,
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both films seem to come across it in slightly different ways.</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> At
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the end of “High Noon”, our <i>hero</i><span style="font-style: normal">,
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if you will, Will Kaine has a showdown with his enemy Fred Miller and
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his gang. Ultimately, Kaine wins the fight and prepares to ride off
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in</span><span style="font-style: normal">to </span><span style="font-style: normal">the
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sunset. It is in this scene where Kaine represents how being an
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individual, despite </span><span style="font-style: normal">how</span><span style="font-style: normal">
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others may behave, is how to win the lady and save the day. Prior,
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it was made clear that the townsfolk wanted nothing to do with this
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fight. A few were ready to jump for a gun </span><span style="font-style: normal">at
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first</span><span style="font-style: normal">, but the rest of the
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community managed to talk them out if it. </span><span style="font-style: normal">They
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</span><span style="font-style: normal">decid</span><span style="font-style: normal">ed</span><span style="font-style: normal">
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that it would be better for Kaine to simply leave town, and that it
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would be </span><span style="font-style: normal">better</span><span style="font-style: normal">
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for both Kaine and the town. However, Kaine stood his ground, he
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wasn’t ready to give up, and as the individual in defiance to the
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mob, he won the day. This idea was further illustrated when his wife,
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who had previously adopted the Quaker religion in an effort to swear
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away violence at any cost, decided to think for herself, instead of
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simply following the thoughts of her religion, and help Kaine by
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killing one of the men when she had the chance. Both Kaine and his
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Wife decided to pursue the concept of the individual and won, </span><span style="font-style: normal">in
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spite of the mob.</span><span style="font-style: normal"> The clear
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moral of the story here is that people should do what they believe is
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right, even if it’s against the consensus of the mob.</span></font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> At
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the end of, “On the Waterfront” Terry Malloy, after having been
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beaten up by the boss, Johnny Friendly, and his gang. was encouraged
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to stand up and walk to the docks to work. The significance here was
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to inspire the men to go work for themselves, that they didn’t need
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the union bosses to tell them who can and can’t work, and that they
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didn’t need to stay D&D (deaf and dumb). That they could do an
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honest days work, and get an honest days pay. That they should do
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what’s right, instead of falling in with the mob. We again see the
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rise of individualism in defiance to the group, or capitalism beating
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out communism. They even have the union boss say, “The ones who
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work, are the ones I pick,” further trying to tell the audience
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that this is what communism looks like, and how it will never win
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against capitalism. The moral-like ending here is almost the same as
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that of “High Noon”, the mob isn’t always right, don’t just
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go along with whatever they are doing, do the right thing.</font></p>
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as it has been shown, if we think of things in terms of a fable with
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a specific moral, they both seem to be saying the same thing. “The
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individual is the right thing.” Which, of course, is about as far
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from the ideas of communism that you can get. One of the main
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differences in the endings, though, is that “On the Waterfront”
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has a bit of a happier ending. Here, our main character ends up
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helping the community by being willing to stand up for what’s
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right. Almost being a martyr, as several others were before him.</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> In
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the case of “High Noon”, we’re led to believe that Fred Miller
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and his gang may cause trouble for the town, with no evidence.
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Perhaps this was a criticism of McCarthyism? Either way, we are
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outright told that violence in the town will be bad for the town’s
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ability to get funding from the northern states, as it’ll stain
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their reputation. Furthermore, it is made clear that there likely
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will be no violence if Kaine leaves the town. Kaine, having refused
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to leave town and pursue his fight there, doomed the town by giving
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it a worse reputation by having killing in the streets. Then, after
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he finishes, he prepares to leave town. All he did was destroy the
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hopes of the town and leave. A sad ending indeed, alowing a horrible
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person to get away with his misdeeds. In both cases, however, the
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message of the time was clear. Communism is bad and will lose,
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capitalism is good and will win.</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> So
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what’s the moral of the story in these two “red scare” era
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films? “Communism is scary and we should purge it from our country
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before it dooms us all.” The films certainly find somewhat
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different ways to describe that message, but it’s there in both “On
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the Waterfront” and “High Noon”. The films clearly demonstrate
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how mob rule will only lead to chaos, and end on a similar moral note
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of the wonders of the individual and the horrors of the mob.</font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman">References</font></font></h2>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Times New Roman"><i>High Noon</i>.
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(1952). [film].</font></font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing: normal"><i><span style="font-weight: normal">On
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the Waterfront</span></i></span></font></span><span style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing: normal"><span style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">.
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(1954). [film].</span></span></span></font></span></font></p>
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J. Green</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman, serif">Let’s do High Noon, and On the
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Waterfront</font></p>
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noon ending. There was a gunfight, and Kaine won.</font></p>
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no evidence they accused Miller of coming to town to do bad things.
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Also, to kill Kaine, with no evidence</font></p>
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High Noon. Significance. Fable. Sum moral. Ending reflect era</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> There
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was a gunfight where kaine one and Mrs.s Kaine contributed to the
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<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> Mrs.
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Kaine decided to do what she thinks is right, not just follow her
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religion.</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> In
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defiance against the townsfolk, Kaine fought his battle</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> This
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scene is significant as it shows a fight betwwen an individual
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(capitalisim) and a mob (communisim)</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> Were
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this a fable, the moral may be, do what you believe is right, even if
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the crowd is against it. The mob isn’t always right.</font></p>
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On the Waterfront. Significance. Fable. Sum moral Ending reflect era</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> Terry
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Malloy, after having been beaten up by the bosses, decided to stand
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up and walk to the docks to get to work and inspire the rest of the
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men to work without the bosses being involved. Presumably disbanding
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the union, or at least, the one run by Johnny Friendly, and going to
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work directly at the docks.</font></p>
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significance is that, again, we see individualism standing out from
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mob rule. We also see a bit of anti-comunism in the idea of Johhny
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saying “The ones who work, are the ones I pick”</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"> The
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fablely ending is similar to high noon. The mob isn’t always right,
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do the right thing.</font></p>
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Compare endings</font></p>
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as it has been shown, if we think of things in terms of a fable with
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a specific moral, they both seem to be saying the same thing. The
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individual is a good thing. Which, of course, is about as far from
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the ideas of communisim that you can get. One of the main differences
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in the endings, though, is that “On the Waterfront” has a bit of
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a happier ending. Here, our main character ends up helping the
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community by being willing to stand up for what’s right. In the
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case of “High Noon”, we’re led to believe that Fred Miller and
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his gang may cause trouble for the town, but we are outright told
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that violence in the town will be bad for the town and that there
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won’t be violence if Will Kaine would only leave the town. Kaine,
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having refused to leave town and pursue his fight there, doomed the
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town by giving it a worse reputation by having killing in the
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streets. Then, after he does it, he prepares to leave town. All he
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did was destroy the hopes of the town, and then leave. A sad ending
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indeed, with a horrible person getting off for his misdeeds. In
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either case, the message of the time was clear. Communisim is bad,
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it’s capitalisim that wins.</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">outro</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">Sources:</font></p>
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damned movie</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">The
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