Cochise, Charlot, & Booker T. Washington
These three speeches, “I am alone”, “He has filled our graves with bones”, and “The Atlanta Exposition”, each speak of struggles from the same time period but they have many differences in the way the speech is presented and the people they address. “I am alone” and “He has filled graves with our bones”, are both written by Indians speaking their struggle with the white man, but there past experience with the white man and attitude differ somewhat. On the other hand, “The Atlanta Exposition” speaks of the black mans struggle with the white man, the speaker is wanting the blacks to rise up and prosper with the white man rather than the Indians admitting defeat. First, is “I am alone”, a speech given by Cochise, a Chiricahua Apache Leader. Cochise gave this speech to the Americans coming to them as a conquered chief. He is very passive, without any rage or intense anger in giving his speech He explained how his tribe had grew from a few into a thriving tribe and all the people they had encountered along the way. First they encountered the Spanish, which his tribe fought and were successful. Then the Mexicans came and the Indians fought them as well, but they were not afraid of the Mexicans because their
Finally, the third speech, “The Atlanta Exposition”, given by a black man named Booker T. Washington was given close to the same time as the first two Indian speeches. “The Atlanta Exposition” differs because it was written by a black man who wanted all blacks to help each other to prosper like the whites have done and become successful. Black people had been oppressed and enslaved up till now, but instead of fighting or protesting peacefully like the Indians, Booker T. is encouraging his fellow blacks to make something of themselves with the help of each other. The situation in this speech is similar to the Indians because many terrible things have been done to the black people much like the Indians, but now the blacks are free to do want they want. Although the blacks are a free people many live in poverty or ghettos, not knowing what they can do by using the laws to fight for their rights. These two Indian speeches tell of the same struggle, but come from two different points of view. Cochise gives his speech in a more passive manner, but tells how his tribe has fought and killed Spaniards, Mexicans, and Americans. Charlot is outraged at the whites and full of anger, but his tribe has always been peaceful and never fought. Second, is “He has filled graves with
Some topics in this essay:
Atlanta Exposition”,
Indians Booker,
Finally Charlot,
Indians Charlot,
Mexicans Indians,
Leader Cochise,
Cochise Charlot,
Soon Indian,
Americans Charlot,
,
atlanta exposition”,
“the atlanta,
“the atlanta exposition”,
graves bones”,
blacks free,
filled graves,
“i alone”,
filled graves bones”,
“he filled,
“he filled graves,
alone” “he filled,
struggle white,
“i alone” “he,
cochise speech,
indian speeches,
Join now to see the rest of the essay!
Approximate Word count = 867
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
|