The Night George Wolfe (Robert J. Conley)

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(The Night George Wolfe Died -By : Robert J. Conley) George Wolfe was on his way home with mixed feelings. As he walked home, he reminisced all of the things going on in his life. He had many things troubling him and many had to do with his identity. George felt guilt. He was not living a life his father or people in his past lived. As an Indian, he spoke fluent both Cherokee and English. Wolfe was grateful to have many things in his life, but he still felt that emptiness inside. George received a good education, was a storekeeper, and was adapting to live like a white man slowly. Yet, he did not feel everything was normal.. He remembered his father and his way of living life. Wolfe had a good stable life. The National Legislature of the Cherokee Nation even elected him to represent his home-district (Going-Snake). Even though he never let his whiskers worn a white man’s suit, or changed his Indian name to white one, he still wondered at times if he was betraying his …show more content…
Wolfe simply apologized and tried to go on with his life. That explains how he was raised and what to do in situations. On the other hand, the drunk guy did not do as so. He caused unnecessary trouble. After getting arrested (George Wolfe) later on the story, he was not allowed to explain anything just because he was an Indian. Because of this conflict, George Wolfe knew that in a town like Going snake District, majority of the citizens are white and no one would believe his side of the story since the drunk guy was white as well. He stayed quiet and took a drastic step in the end to not know a single word of English. From the evidence above, this explains that George Wolfe wanted to bring his inner self out. Since he did everything to live like a white man and still he was faced with injustice, George Wolfe decided to reveal to the world, who he really is by leaving the fake identity he was

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