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        Chief Joseph , A Native American tribe member of the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States, in the latter half of the 19th century. When the United States attempted to force Nez Perce to move to a reservation in 1877, he reluctantly agreed to leave. Throughout the passage Chief Joseph uses parallelism, syntax and pathos to portray his reasoning behind his relinquish.     Chief Joseph in his passage was talking about how all his men are getting taken away because of what type war they are in . Joseph talks about how tired he is of fighting if he's people are still getting taken away . And he's giving up because all he's people are dead . Chief joseph and his tribe were  taken out of there reservation and had to go somewhere else , they struggling with no food , no blanket and no sleep . hes people were dying day by day and the numbers were decreasing day by day . and the chief couldn't handle it anymore so he ...

          Before the white men came in the picture , the natives Americans were here first , they had their own land . One of the Indians were name John Fire Lame Deer , in he’s book Seekers of Visions. He talks about how life was before the white men arrived . Throughout he’s passage John uses tricolon , satire and connation to show how civilized they were before the white men came and took over everything .    John Fire Lame Deer explains in the text how life was before the white men arrived , he points out  reasons on why it was better before the white men arrived such as they didn’t have to lock their doors because there were no criminals or thieves . If anyone needed anything such as a tent or a blanket or anything they would receive it as a gift so they wouldn’t have to steal anything . “was so poor couldn’t afford a tent ... he would receive it all as a gift .”  This quote explains a lot because it showed how they were all loyal to ea...