The central idea of the passage is the difference between the white people and the Native Americans. The passage provided is “They are really better to us than we are to them”, by John Lawson, 1709. Throughout the story John uses the literary device of tone to show the different attitudes the white people have toward the Native Americans, Each passage has a different meaning rather if they support the Indians or racially describe them as being different.
The struggle of the Indians when white Europeans come to America is a main idea of the passage. White people pretty much abandoned their old settlements to push Indians out of their settlements and leave them with nothing. “They are really better to us than we are to them,. They always give
The struggle of the Indians when white Europeans come to America is a main idea of the passage. White people pretty much abandoned their old settlements to push Indians out of their settlements and leave them with nothing. “They are really better to us than we are to them,. They always give