March 26,2008 class work

Questions:
1.How is the art of rhetoric evident in Cheif Joseph's speech?
2.Who is he addressing in this speech?
3.Who is he indicating and why?
4.Identify any heroic characteristics?
5.Why is this speech Protest Literature?

Answers:
1.Rhetoric art is evident in Cheif Joseph's speech because of the power used in his words and the way he expresses his feelings towards his land.
2.Cheif Joseph is addressing the entire U.S. government.
3.Cheif Joseph is indicating the white men(settlers) who are moving to his peoples land. The Cheif is doing this, because of the fact that the settlers are coming into his land and basically kicking him and his people out of the land in which they have lived on for so many years.
4.Well Cheif Joseph even though settlers and the government tried to push him and his people out of their land he held his ground and did not move for quite some time. Also when issues got to intense with the settlers he offered to settle it in pacific terms rather than bloodshed. But when the government issued the order to make him and his people either leave the land on their own or be forced out by army troops. He chose to lead his people out to not have any unnecessary deaths, even though his fathers body was burried on that land and his father told him to not give it up. He still did it for the sake of his people. Self sacrifice for others, courageous, boldness and being noble is considered to be heroic and Cheif Joseph had all those qualities.
5.This speech is protest literature for the fact that it demonstrates an arguement towards a subject and captivates the reader into seeing the matter from its point of view.