Thursday, February 2, 2012
Literary Perspectives Assignment 2/2/12
Find an article written about westward expansion in the United States. Read the article and identify how the relationship between Native Americans and Europeans is described. Next, discuss the perspective from which the article is written. Finally, compare the article to Momaday's "The Way to Rainy Mountain," discussing the perspectives from which both pieces were written. Discuss which selection paints a more accurate view of the time period.
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In the article the Native Americans weren't mentioned. This leads me to believe this artle was written by a settlers point of view because to the settlers the Native Americans were not important and that's why they weren't mentioned in the article. In "The Way to Rainy Mountain", the perspective is by a Native American because it describes the feelings of the thoughts of the Native Americans at this time while the article didn't mention the Native Americans at all. I've concluded that "The Way to Rainy Mountain" paints a more accurate view of the time period.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion
ReplyDeleteIn this short history passage President Jefferson bought the land of
Louisiana. This streched America out to the Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountians and from Canada to the New Orleans. The point of view that this very imformational piece of history was written in third point of view. In this artical it is talking about how big the land that they were retrieving but in the story "The Way to Rainy Mountian" was describing how the land looked and nt the size. In my opinion, the passage "The Way to Rainy Mountian" showed more of the era because it was more detailed about all of the surroundings
The article i read described the Indian Wars and Westward Expansion. It can relate to "The Way to Rainy Mountain". They both describe the Native American's feelings and thoughts. The article also describes more about the minor sequences during the time also. If i had to choose which story i need for very descriptive facts, I'd choose the article.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.understandingrace.org/history/society/indian_wars_westward_exp.html
As I read the article that I found, it didn't really say anything about the native americans. I believe it does not mention them because to the people of that period they weren't important to write or talk about. The perspective of which it's written is third person limited because it doesn't have the narrator in it or tell what anyone is thinking. However, in "The Way to Rainy Mountain" it is first person. I believe the article I read tells more about that time period because of the abundance of information in it.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion
ReplyDeleteThis article is written in third person. This article is saying that in 1803 Thomas Jefferson the treritory of Loisiana from the French. Thomas Jefferson believed that westward expansion is the key to America's health. The way to rocky mountain was talking about how the land looked and in a lot of detail. In the article it's stating how big the land is and how it would help the country.
http://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion
ReplyDeleteThe article is about Thomas Jefferson purchasing the land from the french government. It did not mention the Native Americans or settelers. Thomas Jefferson states that he believed that westward expansion is the key to America's health. The article in written in thid person point of view. In my opinion i believe that "The Way to Rainy Mountain" gives a better image of what the time period was like because it goes in great detail about the Native American life style and what the land was like.