Assertion analysis #5: chief Joseph

          During the American expansion of the 19th century, thousands of natives were killed by the Americans and many more died due to their environment. At first natives tried to fight back and reclaim their land, but as shown in the surrender speech titled "I'm tired of fighting" made by chief Joseph in 1877. In his speech, chief Joseph talks about the native's lack of enthusiasm to fight and how they just want to survive. Chief joseph shows us how exhausted of fighting he is through the use of parallelism and lots of pathos.
          In the surrender speech, chief Joseph tells the audiencw just how bad the circumstances are for the natives. Many natives are dead, others are freezing to death, children are fleeing and have gone missing, people are starving and many other bad things. He stated that the natives dont have the strength or the will to fight anymore because they're barely surviving as it is. For his last words chief Joseph emphasizes how done he is fighting by stating, "From where the sun now stands I will fight no more."
         There are very few devises being used in this powerful speech, One of them being parallelism. At the start of the speech, chief Joseph states he is tired of fighting and tells the audience all of the people whom are dead already. This helps clarify to the audience just how bad the situation is for the natives. However, one of the techniques he uses in this speech a lot is pathos. He tells the audience many things that are supposed to appeal to their sense of empathy and pity. He talks about all the natives that have died, all the children that have perished and the ones that are freezing to death, and the many children that are missing. All of these things together make the audience feel bad for the natives and helps them see his exhaustion.
          The surrender speech, "I'm tired of fighting" shows the audience the native struggle to survive in a land that was once theirs but was taken away by people that didn't care about them. Chief joseph does an excellent job of showing the audience this struggle and sadness through his use of pathos and parallelism. This speech helps people be more empathetic towards the natives and understand that they aren't just savages, they are human.