Diary of a young Indian girl
A few months ago, white men came to our land in large wooden canoes. At first we were fearful but, the men assured us that they brought no harm. Weeks went by and it seemed fine, we worked together, we showed them how to use the earth's resources, and in return they showed us these weapons that shoot fire. Now those same weapons have killed many of my loved ones. My tribe will show the white men and their fire weapons that even though they have won the battle against the buffalo, we are the fox and we will defeat them. As the story of the Buffalo and the field mouse, "Thereupon the Fox jumped upon the Mouse, who gaveone faint squeak and disappeared. If you are proud and selfish you will lose all in the end."
Analysis
The Native American story, "The Buffalo and the Field Mouse", shows that Native Americans believe in being patirnt and humble, and that impatience and huburious will ultimatley lead to your own defeat.
Source: "The Buffalo and the Field Mouse"
http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore01.html
2 comments:
Jordan
This is a very nice site. You have so much potential with this. However, the layout needs to be in order as described on my blog (instruction). I need an excerpt from the work (if it is too long for the entire selection) - and then reflection and then diary.
Please revise accordingly. Remember you are trying to assume the mindset of what it feels like to be native american at the time of the white man's arrival.
Grade - INCOMPLETE for now
Ms. Mic
I feel that you could intensify the mindset of the character you are trying to portray. Other then that I feel that this is nicely put together, good job!
-Whit
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