Well I would just like to say that the discussion we had in class yesterday totally left my brain fried and pensive! Great job every one! Well I'd like to talk about Poor Sarah, it was definitely an interesting story. Strange even, how the most pious person was killed off at the end. Yea, not exactly the story that makes me wanna convert to Christianity. I kind of wished the author for this tale was known, it would be nice to see where this tale came from. I've thought about it more, and i came up with an idea. What if the author was a white person, and he/she specifically made this story to point out that (to Native peoples) even if you become Christian, you still won't be saved, because you are Indian. It was like it was saying whites will always be superior even if you try to be like us. This is just a random thing I thought of; I don't have any evidence to back this up or anything. Asides from that, I thought it was a very pitiful tale. Not as in the story sucked, but the ending was not happy. Sarah's life was horrible from the beginning, and it ended in misery. Even if she found comfort in Christianity, she was still treated like crap. No one cared what happened to her; the author had a mild concern, but what else did he or she do?
NOTHING.
This story just made me pity. It just seems like suffering and suffering was a repeating theme, something that could not be escaped. There is truth in that, life is full of suffering. It just can't be helped. Wow this is getting kinda depressing, but thats how the story is. Well this was my rant for this post!
Niyawa!
I hadn't thought about the author of "poor Sarah" as being white, that's a very interesting thought. I agree with you if the author were to be white the tale would make a lot more sense in the reasoning for the depressing repressing tone toward Native Americans. Because although Boudinot is a supporter of Native Americans giving in and assimilating into the white culture, it wouldn't make sense for him to write a novel not just praising the whites, but repressing the Native Americans even if they adapt the ways of the white man, after all wasn't that what he wanted them to do?
ReplyDeleteI agree, this story does not make Christianity sound appealing at all. Sarah may have found comfort through Christianity but in reality it hurt her more than it helped her. She just became more and more concerned as to how she was going to fix her "bad" heart. It is sad how people in power use that power in order to suppress someone else and make them feel inferior!
ReplyDeleteyour point about "poor sarah" having a white author could be true, it is definitely plausible for someone to have written the text who was white. but then again, i don't even think white people cared enough about indians to give them the time of day. so who really knows..
ReplyDeletebtw i like your ocean theme i feel like i'm in an aquarium or something