In the prologue ‘There There‘, by Tommy Orange is trying to claim that during this time period Natives were being abused. Tommy Orange was a Native American who wanted to describe the mistreatment and horror other Native Americans have experienced throughout history. The idea of dehumanization comes to mind as the reader continues to read how the identity of the Natives change because of the colonists and how the colonists portray and use the Natives.
For example, “We have them as logos and mascots…what happened in history all over the world, and like all that spilled blood from slaughter… ” (P.3 Oranges Prologue). The colonist viewed the Natives as less than, they were only used for labor purposes or as portrayed in the prologue, logos and mascots. Throughout history it is clearly seen that Natives have been dehumanized by removing and/or exterminating them, to being seen as ‘savages’. In Tommy’s prologue it is easily seen that he is trying to bring attention to the natives and how they are being exterminated by the colonists for their own benefit and/or luxury.
Although the message of the prologue can be portrayed in many ways but a big point that is brought up in all throughout ‘There There‘, is that the Natives are are mistreated and seen as less of a person to a Spaniard or European, just because of their way of life or old tales told by the Europeans- obviously these stories are going to be modified to show that the Europeans were better and the Natives were just crazy ‘savages’-.
Reflection
I felt like my introduction went well because I referred back to the rubric and the half sheet of paper about ‘What is an assertion?’ on how to write the introduction. I think I would change my explain of the argument because personally I felt like it was weak.
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