Surrender Speech - Chief Joseph
- Created by: carysmarie
- Created on: 28-02-19 17:19
View mindmap
- Surrender Speech - Chief Jospeh
- GAP
- Genre: A speech made by Chief Joseph pleading for freedom of his people after numerous attacks from the 'whites' for their land.
- Audience: White settlers who fought the Native Americans.
- Purpose: to educate 'the white people' of the pain they have caused and to evoke some sense of sympathy and responsibility within them.
- Audience: White settlers who fought the Native Americans.
- Genre: A speech made by Chief Joseph pleading for freedom of his people after numerous attacks from the 'whites' for their land.
- Context
- Led his people to Canada in what is considered one of the greatest retreats in military history.
- One of the first leaders to convert to Christianity.
- Because of this he wanted to establish peace with his white neighbors.
- When this friendship was broken and the US gov took back millions of acres of their land Chief Joseph threw away his bible.
- Because of this he wanted to establish peace with his white neighbors.
- The context of the speech was within 40 miles of the Canadian border, his people were too starved and beaten to continue.
- He had lost many, including his brother.
- Pathos
- 'The little children are freezing to death'
- Spontaneity
- His conscious use of diction (word choice) to evoke emotive imagery imitates the pain and length of their journey.
- Suggests he has been considering surrendering for a while.
- 'When i think of our condition my heart is heavy.'
- 'Shot down like animals'
- Similes, to evoke reflection.
- Compound and complex sentences.
- Passion is overriding his structure.
- His conscious use of diction (word choice) to evoke emotive imagery imitates the pain and length of their journey.
- Personal narrative appeals to emotion and persuasion.
- GAP
Comments
No comments have yet been made