Shane, Destry Rides Again, and Support Your Local Sheriff are classified as a classical plot of western films, so it is no doubt that they share similar structures. Shane, Destry, and McCullough exist in societies as strangers, but they use their special skills to defeat villains who threat the citizens. The heroes represent justice, brave, and positive in classical plot. Wright analyzes the most films of classical plot into sixteen steps. He summarized formulations to western films, but some directors may jump out this range because they want to show specific features in their films. The fifth step of Wright’s explanation is “ The society does not completely accept the hero” (Wright 44). Unfortunately, only one of the three films follows the step, and another two films do not. However, whether the heroes are accepted or rejected…show more content… He is like Shane as a stronger appeared in a town. After he shows his skill, which throws a coin into the air and shoots middle of the coin, the mayor welcomes him as a sheriff in the town. The town needs a skilled man because Danby’s family is too powerful, so no one in the town wants to be the sheriff to die under their guns. McCullough also hires Jake who is the citizen and willing to work with him. The town people like McCullough because they rely on his power to gain peace, so he is fit in society. Nonetheless, after he arrests Joe Danby, and Joe’s father summons his relative to initiate an all-out assault, the citizens refuse to help McCullough. That does not mean that society does not accept McCullough, but the citizens are afraid to die and selfish. Therefore, Wright’s fifth step does not truly occur in the film. Society does not reject the hero. They know his skill and want use his power to save themselves. Society’s attitudes for the hero emphasize that the hero is brave and marvelous, but society is weak and