Osage Indian Murders Summary

Egstrand 1 Alyssa Egstrand Professor Sewell ENG: The Literary Experience 1331 28 September 2011 Investigating the Impact of History on Modern Society within Natasha Trethewey’s Native Guard Rooted in the shadows of history, Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey intertwines personal and historical accounts to scrutinize the impact of the past on the present. Trethewey’s Native Guard is divided into three sections, which chronicle her mother’s life and death, the erased history of the Louisiana Native Guard, and Trethewey’s childhood in Mississippi. These different stories amalgamate, and open a dialogue about the impact of history on today’s world. Throughout Native Guard Trethewey infuses emotion into these untold stories by including personal

When Magawisca is apprehended after meeting with Hope Leslie, she is captured on the grounds that she is “suspected of being an active agent in brewing the conspiracy forming against [the white people] among the Indian tribes”(245). Therefore she is solely arrested on the basis of suspicion, not proof, and only because of her racial affiliations and the skepticism surrounding the Native American peoples at the time. It is this imprisonment of Magawisca that proceeds to highlight the differences between Everell and Esther and future accentuates the fact that relations between the two races will never be completely peaceful.

Compare the description of the pool in chapter 6 to the description of the pool on the first page of the novel. What has changed? What has the author accomplished by making the change? (Discuss mood) Support responses with textual evidence.

Native Americans came here around 12,000years ago from a land bridge that went from Asha to Alaska. The native wear hunter scavengers they would flow the buffalo throw out America until they started to grow corn wheat and some other stuff and they started to settle. Then in the 15centry Christopher, Columbus came Upon America then they started to colonize the native Americans and kill the ones that did not flow them. Christopher, Columbus is the one who stole America and all most killed off the native Americans and their Culture/religion altogether. But it is not all Christopher, Columbus fault for killing all the native it was disease and war that tuck a have tola on native Americans. In the beginning, the natives

“Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” “The Pied Piper of Tucson,” and “The Fall River Axe Murders” are equally interesting stories. Angela Carter’s “The Fall River Axe Murders” sticks out the most to me out of all three readings. It did not have anything to do with it being categorized as a fiction or a nonfiction story, as it produced a powerful effect on me after reading. Several details such as the tone and mood caused me to wonder whether the people who are classified as criminals in the “real world” possess some kind of basis that causes them to behave irrationally and carry out the horrific actions. In “The Fall River Axe Murders,” the tone appears to be dark and suspenseful enough to foreshadow that something serious is about to

After the lynching case in 1630 there has been one documented in the year 1642. The victim of this lynching case was a Native American man whose name was not classified. This Native American did nothing wrong his tribe lived next to a Dutch settlement in peace. One day when everyone in the tribe was sleeping they were attacked and murdered by Dutch settlers using bayonets. Later the next day Dutch settlers found this 25 year old Native American holding his hacked off hand and legs to prevent the tremendous loss of blood. Shortly after the discovery of the Native American he was lynched. Dutch artists portrayed Native Americans as hostile people who were always killing Dutch settlers. However, the tribe this Native American belonged to was a

By incorporating additional detail, it takes longer for the reader to reach the story’s climax; making these aspects unfavourable to this piece of

The beginning of the story is extremely slow. The start of the story is about introducing the characters, but with multiple side plots. Hill’s main point in the story is straightforward. She ensures the reader understands what is happening. Sometimes Hill went into too much detail.

Like I mentioned, the story is set in the middle of the action already, the only hint the audience has as to what is going on is the description of the scene. Next, the ball starts to roll, the attorney, the sheriff, and Mr. Hale begin their dive into researching what had happened at the farm house. The attorney begins with questioning “By the way, has anything been moved? Are things just as you came here yesterday?” (558).

His family includes two aunts who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them with a glass of elderberry wine laced with arsenic. A brother who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt and digs locks for the Panama Canal in the cellar of the Brewster home. A murderous brother who has received plastic surgery performed by an alcoholic accomplice, Dr. Einstein to conceal his identity. Mortimer tries to figure out a way to hide the dead body that the women killed. I doing this Office O'hara and Officer Brophy would come into the story to try to find the murders that are right in front of there nose. The way Mortimer hides the body by using Teddy canal as a burial ground. The two women get caught as both officers come to arrest them.

During the duration of this class I have learned a lot about native american culture. Reading Antelope Wife, The Indian Killer, The Toughest Indian In The World, and The Lakota Way have allowed me to take away many life lessons. I originally chose to take this class to gain knowledge I could apply and incorporate into my art education and I have gained knowledge that will be very helpful for that. But after taking this course I have also gained a great sum of knowledge that was interesting to learn about and that I can live by in my everyday life.

    The story starts off with Thomas recalling the night of the accident, this is a good opener it pulls the reader in and peaks their curiosity. It hits the pathos appeal hard because she is pulling us in, to find out what happened to her husband and how it affected her. As we read

Native American literature is generally uncommon for the 21st century. Much of the culture and folklore from the older generations of Native Americans has been forgotten. Despite this, Louise Erdrich strives to narrate the Anishinaabe way of life. Her Chippewa Indian mother educated her about native culture and influenced her to write about her heritage. Erdrich’s fictional novel Tracks, illustrates the lives of native tribe members living in North Dakota. The short stories from Tracks, “Snares” and “Matchimanito”, help emphasize Erdrich’s unique style. The elements of style that Erdrich utilizes best are theme and characterization.

Beginning with the structure and pace. The script opens in 1905 in Jessica’s world. It introduces her as a showgirl. The world feels authentic. However, the opening with Jessica feels much too long. Too much time is spent with Jessica and her encounter with JP Morgan, as well as the Spencers. She dominates the entire first ten pages. We do not get to the main protagonist Glenn until a bit later. His introduction feels rather flat for the hero. He’s a poet, but the audience doesn’t know much about his character.

I like the direction that this draft goes in. It explores the minds of mentally ill people, such as Alixander and Indigo. However, with each case they have different problems. I enjoy the childish nature that Indigo has, creating a contrasting trait from Alixander. He acts much more stable, but when examining his actions, his instability shows. Although Indigo needs to display this nature, I feel myself seeing her as an actual child instead of "a young woman" (1). I think a hint to illustrate her age will help me picture her as that age because I picture a child with an adult and I don't believe that's the intention. I also like how the reader are dropped in the present, but then Alixander tells the story. I feel as if the story should end