The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge Themes

Given that The Revenant's subtitle is "A Novel of Revenge," it shouldn't be surprising that this thing is all about an unrelenting quest for vengeance. Basic stuff, right? After being nearly killed...

Home, home on the range, / Where the relationship between fur traders, the U.S. Military, and local Native American tribes cause chaos and violence, / And seldom is heard an encouraging word, / And...

Death is always lurking around the corner in The Revenant. It could come from a sudden bear attack. It could come from an assault by the Arikara tribe. It could even come from a poor choice of a me...

Hugh Glass and the natural world have a dysfunctional relationship in The Revenant. Sometimes it's all sunshine and roses, with Glass admiring the majesty of nature with an almost religious zeal. A...

Hugh Glass is the manliest man who ever grew chest hair, and he's got the skills to back it up. More importantly, however, he has experience. He has experience on the high seas as a pirate under th...

Spoiler alert: Hugh Glass gets shredded by a gigantic bear within the first fifty pages in The Revenant. Given that, you'd believe that this baby is going to depict some nasty suffering. After Glas...

Putting aside the bear attacks and firefights, The Revenant is nothing if not an ode to exploration. We see that in Hugh Glass, whose lifelong obsession with the unknown has led him to take the mos...

The Revenant's Hugh Glass has more determination than he knows what to do with. After surviving a brutal bear attack that would send any other man packing to the pearly gates, Glass is betrayed by...