,” in a way that seems arrogant and humble at the same time to Powell. This conversation also indicates that he has a dry sense of humor and a repetitive ‘macho’ attitude. Harris’s response to Sidonie signifies the repetition of his macho attitude. “…You just came the wrong way to get there in an automobile,” Sidonie says. Harris ‘grinned.’ He then says, “We’re not in an ‘automobile.’ We’re in a pickup.” Another important passage explains and reasons out his arrogance. Sidonie questions Dr. Powell asking if Pomeroy was at the fort they live near. Dr. Powell positively confirms and quickly Harris responds, “I knew it,” something the reader notices as competition between two men. One may even think that he tries to prove to Sidonie that he was not just a feeble-witted cowboy. At one point, Sidonie gets perturbed with Harris and exclaims, “You’re just… an ignorant cowboy that’s all you are… You don’t want to be anything else.” Aside from her negative views of Harris, Dr. Powell says ‘the boy knew where he was going.’ Dr. Powell grows a respect for Harris and accepts him the way he is. Sidonie differs from Dr. Powell in that way. She says that she would ‘marry [Harris] if he was different,’ when, in fact, not one person can change another. Sidonie can not accept this truth.Unlike Harris, Sidonie experiences no love for the West. For her, life on Cabe Ranch diminishes, which builds up her unsurpassable desire to leave. As a matter of fact, she strives to appear more metropolitan. Dr. Powell describes how her hands weren’t ‘hard and dry like some country hands [were] from work and weather. But, then, [they were not] soft and moist either.’ Sidonie is a young, good-looking, country girl with ‘deep blue eyes.’ She invites Harris ...
