Monday, November 16, 2015

1. Explore the irony of the discussion about Thanksgiving.(Jason)

There is a lot of irony in the discussion Junior has about Thanksgiving. The ironic part is that they all celebrate Thanksgiving, however at the actual time of Thanksgiving back in colonial times, native americans/Indians were being slaughtered and killed by the colonists. "I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends that first Thanksgiving, but a few years later, the Pilgrims were shooting Indians(101)." The whole point and idea of Thanksgiving is to give thanks. However it is quite ironic because native americans/Indians are giving thanks to the time when they were betrayed, shot, and killed.
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  1. AnonymousNovember 16, 2015 at 6:11 PM

    It is very ironic that Junior and his family celebrate Thanksgiving. I agree with Jason that basically the family is giving thanks for there own kind being killed. "What do Indians have to be so thankful for? (102). The website "Atrocites Against Native Americans" it saids " European exspanson into NorthAmerica.. led to the destructuion of Native American livelihoods."

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  2. AnonymousNovember 16, 2015 at 6:46 PM

    Jason, I agree with you about the irony of Junior's family and Indians in general celebrating Thanksgiving. Junior questions "What do Indians have to be so thankful for?" (Alexie102) The fact that Junior can't think of anything off the top of his head shows that his life has been so challenging and filled with adversity that there isn't really anything that he has going for him. Even though Thanksgiving binded the Pilgrims and Native americans together they continued to have issues and this affects Junior's everyday life.

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