In “Indians” by Jane Tompkins, she discusses the problems that follow the history of the real Indians that once inhabited this land before being ousted by the Europeans. She investigates how other famous authors perceived the life of the Indians and their problems with the Europeans. Her main issue is how the facts, which we think, are “true” facts should not be considered concrete. History has a way of changing information over time and different people have different perceptions on Indians. Interesting enough, the author uses quotation marks around the word Indians. This is done because we really do not know the truth about these so-called “Indians”. We attached a history and amore importantly a reputation to these groups of
Based on the author’s conclusion, I feel that she is right. I agree with the idea that we need to discover things for ourselves and make ourselves believe based on our own perspective. Interpretation, language and common sense are tools that we would need to create our own thoughts as to what really went on between the Europeans and Indians. There is no need to jump to conclusions without hearing the entire story and therefore hearing the words of Perry Miller and Helen Hunt Jackson helps you see the difference in stories and ideas on these Indians.
The essay had a very powerful lesson in it.
people just because we accept anybody’s facts.
Jane Tompkins and her article is very important for me in the critical thinking class. Thi
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