Journal #5

The piece "An Indians looking glass for the white man" and "Indian Names" were both addressing the same issue only in different ways. That issue was that they were addressing tghe fact that the "Red Man" was never just going to go away, even in the whitemans brutality to dispose of such a race they were going to remain even if it were to only be in memory. The first piece "An Indians looking glass for the white man" used the took of reflection to show how hypocritical the white man was in going about their cause, even by attacking the bible in which the white men held as justification for their deeds; "He who loveth God loveth his brother" (John 4:21). The Piece Indian Names on the other hand used the tactic of memory and sorrow to elaborate the same theme. In the poem she reflected back amungst the race in a possitive manor by pointing things out such as the race being "noble and brave" (Sigourney, 1204). She also fought by stating that the indians memory was never to be forgotten, serving to try to defeat the purpose of the white man all together. Both these tactics served to be effective in putting up a fight and demonstrating the strength of the "red man"