Surrender Speech by Black Hawk's 1832
Part A
How does Black Hawk use rhetoric in this excerpt to advance his purpose of condemning the white men?
The white men are bad school-masters; they carry false looks, and deal with false actions; they smile in the face of the poor Indian to cheat him; they shake them by the hand to gain their confidence to make them by the hand to gain their confidence, to make them drunk, to deceive them, and ruin our wives.
a. He appeals to logic to overcome the fallacy that white people are moral and worthy of trust.
b. He corrects or qualifies a statement to refine depths of depravity that ought to be attached to white people.
c. He understates the idea that white people are dangerous to make the challenge sound less difficult than it is
d. He uses a metaphor to suggest that white people proven have proven themselves unworthy of the authority they wield
Part B
How does the phrase "carry false looks, and deal in false actions" affect the depiction of white men in the excerpt in Part A?
a. It suggests that their deceitful acts are intentional
b. It insinuates that they are paid to trick the Indians.
c. It implies that their behavior makes them feel guilty
d. It explains that they are physically strong.
