Question
Leview the text in bold.
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There
need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all an
even chance to live and grow. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief.
They are all brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should
have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as
that any man who was born a free man should be contented when penned up and
denied liberty to go where he pleases. If you tie a horse to a stake, do you
expect he will grow fat? If you pen an Indian up on a small spot of earth,
and compel him to stay there, he will not be contented, nor will he grow
and prosper. I only ask of the Government to be treated as all other men are
treated.
We ask that the same law shall work alike on all men. If the Indian breaks the law,
punish him by the law. If the white man breaks the law, punish him also.
Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we will
have no more wars. We shall all be alike-brothers of one father and one mother,
with one sky above us and country around us, and one government for all. For this
time the Indian race are waiting and praying.
Adapted from Chief Joseph, "An Indian's View of Indian Affairs"
1 the text in bold, what rhetorical strategy does Chief Joseph use?
He uses a call to action.
He uses repetition.
He makes a comparison.
He exaggerates a point.
Answer
He makes a comparison.