Making Connections

1. What are some instances of irony that you see in both texts? How do the texts differ in their use of irony?

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   Making Connections: - What are some instances of irony that you see in both texts? How do the texts differ in their use of irony?
2. It might be said that Chief Seattle and Green have similar purposes in their texts. In what ways are they similar? How do they differ?

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   Making Connections: - It might be said that Chief Seattle and Green have similar purposes in their texts. In what ways are they similar? How do they differ?
3. How would you compare and contrast the pieces in terms of the tones that the speakers use?

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   Making Connections: - How would you compare and contrast the pieces in terms of the tones that the speakers use?
4. How would you compare the two texts in terms of the ways they address the wide gulf between whites and Native Americans?

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   Making Connections: - How would you compare the two texts in terms of the ways they address the wide gulf between whites and Native Americans?
5. Imagine that people—both Native Americans and whites—from 1855 could witness what has happened between the groups since then. How would they respond to Green’s piece? How do you think Chief Seattle might respond if he were in Green’s 1981 audience?

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   Making Connections: - Imagine that people—both Native Americans and whites—from 1855 could witness what has happened between the groups since then. How would they respond to Green’s piece? How do you think Chief Seattle might respond if he were in Green’s 1981 audience?
6. In Alexis de Tocqueville’s 1835 book, Democracy in America, he states:

   Before the arrival of the white men in the new world, the inhabitants of North America lived quietly in their woods, enduring the vicissitudes and practicing the virtues and vices common to savage nations. The Europeans having dispersed the Indian tribes and driven them into the deserts, condemned them to a wandering life, full of inexpressible sufferings.

   How would Chief Seattle respond to that statement? How would Green? How do you?

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   Making Connections: - In Alexis de Tocqueville’s 1835 book, Democracy in America, he states:Before the arrival of the white men in the new world, the inhabitants of North America lived quietly in their woods, enduring the vicissitudes and practicing the virtues and vices common to savage nations. The Europeans having dispersed the Indian tribes and driven them into the deserts, condemned them to a wandering life, full of inexpressible sufferings.How would Chief Seattle respond to that statement? How would Green? How do you?