Love? Trust? Shirly Ong
English 48B
1 February, 2008
Journal #10 Sarah Winnemucca
Quote:
“Oh, can any one imagine my feelings buried alive, thinking every minute that I was to be unburied and eaten up by the people that my grandfather loved so much?”
Summary:
This quote appears in Sarah Winnemucca’s autobiography, From Life Among the Piute. It is her moan towards her experience of being buried alive when the Piutes were escaping from the Whites.
Response:
Starting with an exclamation “oh”, Sarah Winnemucca has clearly expressed her grieve towards her painful experience of being buried alive all day with her cousin by her mother and her aunt. The women buried their children because they could not run fast. They were fear that the Whites would catch them and eat them all up. It is very horrible that Sarah Winnemucca and her cousin were buried alive with their faces covered by sage bushes over their faces. They were left alone all day. They could not whisper or cry out because they might be discovered. Winnemucca even claims that she was “not daring to breathe”. This is unbelievable. Obviously, the Piutes were frightened by the white people. On that day, the Piutes thought the white people would definitely kill and eat them up. This is such a great contrast. They used to believe the Whites were their lost brother. Winnemucca also described them as “the people that my grandfather loved so much”. I think she felt it was ridiculous that she was buried alive because she is escaping from the people whom her was told to be their brothers. How sad was that! Brothers and sisters are expected to love one another. Yet, the Piutes dreads that their “lost brother” would kill and eat them all up. It is appalling.
English 48B
1 February, 2008
Journal #10 Sarah Winnemucca
Quote:
“Oh, can any one imagine my feelings buried alive, thinking every minute that I was to be unburied and eaten up by the people that my grandfather loved so much?”
Summary:
This quote appears in Sarah Winnemucca’s autobiography, From Life Among the Piute. It is her moan towards her experience of being buried alive when the Piutes were escaping from the Whites.
Response:
Starting with an exclamation “oh”, Sarah Winnemucca has clearly expressed her grieve towards her painful experience of being buried alive all day with her cousin by her mother and her aunt. The women buried their children because they could not run fast. They were fear that the Whites would catch them and eat them all up. It is very horrible that Sarah Winnemucca and her cousin were buried alive with their faces covered by sage bushes over their faces. They were left alone all day. They could not whisper or cry out because they might be discovered. Winnemucca even claims that she was “not daring to breathe”. This is unbelievable. Obviously, the Piutes were frightened by the white people. On that day, the Piutes thought the white people would definitely kill and eat them up. This is such a great contrast. They used to believe the Whites were their lost brother. Winnemucca also described them as “the people that my grandfather loved so much”. I think she felt it was ridiculous that she was buried alive because she is escaping from the people whom her was told to be their brothers. How sad was that! Brothers and sisters are expected to love one another. Yet, the Piutes dreads that their “lost brother” would kill and eat them all up. It is appalling.
1 comment:
20/20 It is also appalling because she tells the story so well.
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