Cornplanter and Benneker comparison chart
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Dec 19, 2024
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Comparison of Cornplanter and BannekerUse direct quotes where possible to support your observations.CornplanterBannekerTone of appealCornplanter’s tone of appeal builds feelings of motivation, pride, and longing for improvement.Banneker appeals to Suffer, asking him to recall previous happenings. The tone of the appeal is highly questioning, encouraging reflection and examination.Rhetorical DevicesThis speech includes similes. Similes use “like” or “as” to compare and draw parallels. “They told us he resided beyond the great waters where the sun first rises: Thathe was a King whose power no people could resist, and that his goodness was bright as that sun.”This speech uses some alliteration. Alliteration is therepetition of initial consonantsounds in a series of words. “… and you cannot but be ledto a Serious and grateful Sense of your miraculous andprovidential preservation; you cannot but acknowledge,that the present freedom andtranquility which you enjoy you have mercifully received,and that it is the peculiar blessing of Heaven.Purpose (argument)The purpose of this speech is to appeal to the great Councillor of the thirteen fires to stop the lies and violence, as the people who were told they were safe andfree, have not been treated as such, and the great Councillor needs to stay true to his word.This speech aims to appeal toand bring to light that for a nation to grow and thrive, you sometimes have to cut ties with an ally that isn’t entirely beneficial. Just like a baby has to get weaned off ofmilk and start to eat solid food in order to grow, nations need to cut off allies that are no longer of benefit. Evidence provided in supportof argument“We hearkened to them and were deceived until your army approached our towns. We were deceived but your people in teaching us to confide in that King, had “look back I intreat you on the variety of dangers to which you were exposed, reflect on that time in which every human aid appeared unavailable, and in which
Comparison of Cornplanter and Bannekerhelped to deceive us and wnow [we now] appeale to your hearts. Is the blame all ours? ...”“You told us say they, that the line drawn from Pensylvania, to lake Ontario, would mark it for ever on theEast, and the line running from Beaver Creek, to Pensylvania, would mark it on the west; and we see that it is not so. For first one, and then another, come and take it away, by order of that people, who promised to secure it to us. He [Cornplanter is referring to himself in the third person] issilent for he has nothing to answer.”“When the Sun goes down, he opens his heart before God, and earlier than that Sun appears again upon the Hills, he gives thanks for his protection during the night, for he feels, that among men become desperate by their danger, it is God only that can preserve him.”even hope and fortitude wore the aspect of inability to the Conflict, and you cannot but be led to a Serious and grateful Sense of your miraculous and providential preservation; you cannot but acknowledge,that the present freedom andtranquility which you enjoy you have mercifully received,and that it is the peculiar blessing of Heaven.”