his behavior (his reputation). In reference to the process of “regeneration through
violence”, Slotkin observes that “The heroes of this myth-historical quest must therefore
be ‘men (or women) who know Indians’—characters whose experiences, sympathies,
and even allegiances fall on both sides of the Frontier” (14). When it serves their
interests, Raylan and Boyd do fight alongside one another. When he personally needs
assistance and when he has been asked by his fellow marshals to do so, Raylan
approaches the people of Harlan County. Even though his behavior may bring varied
repercussions for Raylan himself, it ensures a momentary stop to the criminal behavior
in his community. Regardless of his personal losses, Raylan has sworn to protect his
community and return it to its utopic state. In an early review of Justified, Nancy Franklin
emphasizes Raylan’s focus on the past: “Givens is known everywhere he goes, and his
laconic, direct wit seems to draw on the constant pain of understanding that he can’t
escape his past and the people in it.” Raylan’s character exists as a product of the
Western past as indicated by Leonard himself. In an interview with his longtime
researcher, Gregg Sutter, Leonard attests to the fact that he utilizes the Western past
as a basis for his body of work (xi). In his early days as a writer while he was teaching
himself to write, Leonard immersed himself in the genre, thereby learning to write what
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