Angie, Hondo, and the Sense of Fulfillment: Analysis of Characters and Gender Roles Medina Medunjanin 11th Grade

It is within human nature that we find ourselves striving for something more for someone we love. The drive for the love and beauty of a relationship comes from the environment that molds who one becomes and what they strive for. In Hondo, by Louis L’Amour, Angie Lowe remains isolated from any potential aspect of love, as she is alone with only her son and her ranch in the middle of the western desert. The infamous Hondo Lane is the renowned desert nomad; with multiple talents he’s developed with being among the Apaches and adapting to desert lifestyle. In which his environment conditioned his behavior, but left a vital piece of him missing. Angie and Hondo foster a relationship that exposes their desire for one another they both can’t help but feel. Hondo needed a woman as Angie who could love, nurture, and care for, ever so compassionately. Angie’s character was what could complete what Hondo lacked, and it was Hondo who could fill in the blanks of Angie’s life.

Angie’s was constituted by traditional gender roles that consumed most of the abilities possible. In addition, Angie had been abandoned by her husband and only had a son to look after. Who would take care of her and fill in the pieces that she couldn’t. Angie’s living...