Andrew Jackson And Greed

This paper was written about a soldier in the 1830s who wanted to share his accord as to how Americans’ are only educated on the good of their country and not necessarily the bad. He believes that America has done an injustice to these Native Americans,’ the Cherokees to be exact. Telling us how by recalling his memories to express the significance of greed, the treatment of Native Americans,’ and how he and others were complacent.
Let’s start off with the overall problem in the story, greed, because without it. None of these incidents would have ever taken place. That a little boy with a small rock sealed the fate of his people to be bombarded by the white men. Selling this rock to the merchant helped spread the rumor of gold being located …show more content…
The greatest form of power recognized all over the world has monetary value and is otherwise known as gold. So the more gold you have, the more power you have, and our beloved president saw that as an opportunity. This proves the power of greed, because even though Chief Junaluska saved the life of our late president, he was treated only with the respect of a mere commoner. This left Junaluska to say, “oh my God, if I had known at the battle of the Horse Shoe what I know now, American history would have been differently written." If he would have let Andrew Jackson die then he would have averted this massive …show more content…
Growing up we are always told that America is the most powerful and the most free country in the world, but by accepting this we have become closed minded. We have become complacent. If we believe that we are given so many liberties than we will cease to be free because we have no drive to be any better. If you go to another country, then you understand what I mean, because at the end of the day you will not know the effects of anything until it happens to you. This man describes unknowingly how the United States was back then and how it is now. How the world is always revolved around money and how we will always find a resource to exploit. How if someone stands in the way, then it is our job to move them. No matter the costs, no matter lives. Take a second to analyze that, “no matter the lives.” Have we become so desensitized that we devalued the thought of killing another human being? “Murder is murder, and somebody must answer.” This line hit me the most because it is regrettably true. The nation that we love and call home was a nation built by spilled blood. However my question for the author is, what nation