Lonesome Dove woman

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry is really starting to pick up and more drama is being thrown in as the reader can sense much inevitable conflict down the road. The Caravan from the small Texas town of Lonesome Dove to Montana is having much unnecessary problems. All of the woman met in the story are all very young and very easy to take advantage of. I as a reader at this point feel as if a major conflict will happen soon because the Caravan has been halted and people with past grievances are destined to meet for a final stand.

Lorena is the first female introduced to the readers in the book. Already she has proven to be a big factor in all the men's lives because when one of the cowboys such as Jake runs off with her all the other men get cranky and agitated that they have one less girl to pay for a good time. Elmira is the only female in the story with a strong feministic character. When her husband the sheriff went looking for a man that caused him big problem in the past to kill him, she left town to start her own new life. She was not going to wait for a man that might now even come back. Louisa was encountered later in the book and she seduced Roscoe into trying to make him stay and marry her but after he refused she boasted about how useless men really are all they do is have bad situations. Also on Roscoe's journey to find July he encounters an old man keeping a young girl as his slave and future wife to be forever his and he rescues the damsel in distress and her name was Janey. It is important to know that although the woman might seem very useless in the situations but they are really key in how things turn out because men will fight over what they want to be there's.