Lawlessness and Self Accountability in "Establishing a Ranch

This artifact that I drew is meant to be a warning poster for cowboys in the story “Establishing a Ranch on the Plains”. In a sense, it represents the theme of lawlessness and personal responsibility in the story as cowboys could potentially lose their buffalos from robbers who steal cattle, and to the existence of buffalo hunters who would hunt buffalos for hide and even often result to murder in order to get paid. The portrait of a buffalo in the poster implies the existence of buffalo hunters, while the words “the danger is real” is meant to alert cowboys of the presence of such a threat…