The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The film directed by Lewis R. foster, to show the life (occupations), society (greedy) and problem (poverty) in the time of nation building through the adventures of Jim Bowie (Scot Forbes) who is adventure in the Louisiana.

First journey of him is to searching for the blacksmith because he needs a good knife with his own design because he likes to use knife than gun. However, along of his way he has to encounter with many things like a bear, woman and ambush while he is traveling to village to village.

At that time, every places full with poor people so, Jim was attacked by the thief after they saw Jim full with money but he fight back until they gone. One day, Jim met with blacksmith and asked him to make a knife for him but he cannot because his eyes are unfocused anymore. Then, Jim helps him by buy him glasses so that is the story when he got a knife.

His next journey, he met with the woman (Regina) while he’s hunting the bird but it was a bad first met because they had a fight for bird that they were caught. Jim looking for place to stay at night and He met the man (Borshaw) who needs a doctor for his pregnant wife (Catherine).Mr.Borshaw was refused by Regina about the doctor she has because she needs him to get out of hers land. However, Jim helps him after he knows that he knew the doctor. Therefore, Catherine was fine and also hers baby with the help of doctor and Regina herself.

Meanwhile he was traveling around looking for products to trade. He was interesting to buy fur but no want to sell him. Therefore, he knows the problem of the western company in monopolize that make no one wants to sell fur to Jim although he gives more expensive in each fur. Then, He sends the news about this problem to the government of France to solve this problem until people can have the free trade.

On last of his journey, he is going back home but he was ambush by men and he can pass through it and searching for the result why they want to kill him. Then, he understand the entire problem that the people have no land to live because the greedy of human (Mr.Duprey), He wants to sell the land that not belong to him by make the new of title deed for a piece of land with the help of cousin of Jim. Anyway, Jim was not agree with it until they had a fight and Mr.Duprey was killed by Jim’s cousin after Mr,Duprey try to kill Jim.

It is shows that at that time people are greedier or think only their own to staying alive. Anyone who has power of land (owned land) is greedier; they will not let anyone come to their land even though they hunt for living. Also, the shortage of doctor made people suffered from illness. Finally, the poverty made people have the less chance to live at the time of nation building because the unfair or help of government that is not enough.