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…reinforces the terror of the Indians being captured. The Indians said uncertainly ‘Jesus Christ Inca!’ The soldiers then herd the Indians off stage, their cries punctuate the end of the scene. In scene five, we become aware that time has past, Shaffer uses…

…brought him to office, and decided to express the will of the majority, in order to stay in office. When in the Army, Jackson had defeated a battle against the Creek Indians, The Battle of Horseshoe Bend, in 1814. Because of the Indians defeat, he felt…

…thing I found really interesting was the fact that the they all pretended to befriend the Indians, but only to end up using them to fight other countries or tribes and it always ended with the Indians getting betrayed and enslaved by there allies (For example…

…then was sent to South Africa. He spent 3 years talking to the Indians and fighting for their rights. He then moved back to India to become a lawyer and open his own practice again. He did well, but then got a call from the Natal Indian Congress requesting him…

…is replaced by a ball, introducing a barbaric aspect to polo. The image of superiority of the Britons was also undermined in Lagaan during the game when the Indians no longer needed to pay astronomical taxes to the Britons after they won. By not paying taxes…

…as going away to school for young people. Even younger boys, in the Chilocco Indian School, observed this ritual as a form of rebellion against the authority figures in their lives. The goal of the Indian schools was to “Kill the Indian, save the man…

…on the colonists. Forced to live on the boat, many people died of scurvy or starved. When they finally were able to stay on land, they found the Indians less than sociable, and the land too rugged to develop large farms. The Pilgrims kept their faith though…

…is related to the cultural background out of which they arise. The action a person partakes in is dependant on the society which one belongs. For example: human sacrifice and cannibalism in the 1500 hundreds was a common practice of the American Indians when…

…life’s most healing gift, even when it was directed against himself. When young Indian children become a certain age and their body is mature enough they are allowed to get married. Gandhi was described very short and skinny with his dark eyes. He had…

…There comes a point in every person's life when they gain a profound realization about growing up. Both Ernest Hemingway and Stephen King describe situations in their stories where this is intended to happen. In "Indian camp" and "The Last Rung…