“Hermano” by Angelo de Hoyos refers to the historical event which occurred in in the 19th century known as the battle of the Alamo. The conflict in “Hermano” is between those who are trying to conquer the land and those who are native to the land.
In the first stanza, the narrator introduces the conflict by saying, “I was born too late in a land that no longer belongs to me. (So it says, right here in this Texas History)”. (Lines 1-4). In these lines, we can imply that the narrator is descendent of those who originated in this stolen land.
The second stanza begins, “(The land belongs) to a pilgrim arrived here only yesterday whose racist tongue says to me: I hate Meskins. You’re a Meskin. Why don’t you go back to where you came from?” (Lines…show more content… She addresses John Wayne’s offensive content towards Native American Indians in this poem. She alludes the real history of the Native Americans and the American settlers. John Wayne is playing the protagonist character who is the emblematic representation of the white settlers in the battle against the Native American Indian tribe. With this poem, Louise Erdrich focuses on the stereotypes imposed on Native Americans and tries to distinguish the false accusations the movie portrays about Native American Indians against the actual reality of Native American…show more content… Erdrich quotes the line from the movie, “They will give us what we want, what we need.” (Line 39) This line depicts the idea of Native American Indians wanting something from the settlers. However, in reality, it is the settlers who demanded land from the Native Americans.
The viewers of the movie are very startled after watching the John Wayne movie. The Indian viewers are in awe at the portrayal of their people. Erdrich says, “We get into the car scratching our mosquito bites, speechless and small as people are when the movie is done. We are back in ourselves”. (Lines 31-34) She refers to how the Indian viewers calm themselves after watching the unpleasant depiction of their people.
In conclusion, Louise Erdrich explains her disconcerting view on the John Wayne film. In “Dear John Wayne” she addresses the conflict of how Native Americans are portrayed and distinguishes the depiction of her people in the film to the reality of her people. Erdrich believes that John Wayne’s movie lacks the portrayal of who her people really are.
In Genny Lim’s Poem “Children Are Color-Blind” we compare and contrast the difference between the view of a mother and her daughters. The narrator in the poem is the mother ad she is analyzing the ways of her
