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The main theme of the film is the exploration of the political dichotomy of its time. Another theme is that of male bonding in terms of the movieÆs road and journey motifs. As the definitive youth odyssey film of its time, the journey motif is used throughout the film, symbolizing the search that Billy (Dennis Hopper) and Wyatt (Peter Fonda), also known as Captain America, undertake to find meaning in their lives, and the freedom to ôdo their own thing.ö Billy and Wyatt are not heroes; they are outlaws in the same manner of glamorous protagonists of Western films. Their names evoke Billy the Kid and Wyatt Earp, reminiscent of those two criminal nonconformists who operated outside the realm of the law and conv
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