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In the reading "About Men" Elirich uses formal, reverent, and tones of admiration to convey her attitude towards the Wyoming Cowboys. She formally addresses them as men of solitude that have yet to find the words to describe their character of compassion and selflessness. Tender hearted towards the animals, quirky and quiet around the women, they have the ability to fend for themselves in the rolling hills, and let themselves be care for by their wives. They witness and appreciate every rising and setting sun across the Wyoming plains, but has not found the words to fit the such sight. In all, she shatteres the stereotype of the macho, trigger happy, lone ranger, to reveal the calloused hands of a softhearted shepherd.