Concept Statement (Part Two)

Audience Persona:
Richard is a middle-aged Midwestern man who owns a farm. He lives in an old house with his wife and drives a rusty red pickup truck. His two kids have recently left for college and his house is much quieter now.

Richard is proud of his Midwestern roots and does not go to to big city very often. His father owned a farm as well, and Richard has been working outside with is hands for as long as he can remember. Richard would love to leave the farm to his son, but doubts he will be interested.

Richard does not watch much TV, but when he does, he watches old western movies. These movies remind him of a time when life was slower and quieter and information was not so readily available to all of us.


Concept Statement (1):
Most Americans believe that the days of the "Wild Wild West" are long gone, but author Cormac McCarthy breathes new life to these forgotten stories. In his novels, McCarthy tells tales about ruthless characters and the lawlessness of the American Southwest.

Death don't have no mercy in this land
Y' know death don't have no mercy in this land, in this land
Come to your house, you know he don't take long
You look in the bed, you find your mama is gone
Death don't have no mercy in this land

-Rev. Gary Davis, Death Don't Have No Mercy

Concept Statement (2):
Step into Cormac McCarthy's world of interesting characters in Blood Meridian, The Road, and No Country For Old Men. Each story gives the reader an in-depth look into the minds of some of the most interesting figures in American fiction. The reader will be forced to challenge their own morals and the ideals of our society as a whole.

Concept Statement (3):
Follow a team of interesting characters across the expansive badlands of the American Southwest. McCarthy paints a detailed picture of landscapes and locations that mmost suburban Americans have never set their eyes on.