The poem “The Buffalo Skinners” explores the theme of cowboy culture and identity by showing that the life of the cowboy is not one of adventure, glamour and glory, rather it is one of hard work and hardships. From the beginning of the poem, the narrator does not hide his true goal, ‘“This going out on the buffalo depends upon the pay. But if you will pay good wages, give transportation too, I think that I will go with you to the range of the buffalo.”’(Anonymous, 6). Here dialogue is used to show that the cowboys’ intention is not to find an adventure to embark on, rather it is just to make…