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Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee Essay

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and Dances with Wolves are two movies that show the interactions between Americans and Native American tribes. Although they have similar plots, they are very different movies. The movies both portray certain themes, which have similarities and differences. The conflicts that occur during the two films can also be compared. Another subject that had similarities and differences between the two movies were the character traits. Overall, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and Dances with Wolves are two different movies that show the conflicts that occur between Natives and Americans in similar and different ways. The themes in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and Dances with Wolves are unique for each movie, but they …show more content…

In Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee the conflicts occur when the Americans are fighting against the Sioux, to take their land. Senator Dawes and Charles Eastman attempt to give Sioux millions of dollars for their land, but they do not accept it. Eventually, the Americans feel that the only way they will gain land is battle. They went to Wounded Knee and ruthlessly killed men women and children of the Sioux tribe. The main conflict in Dances with Wolves was Sioux against American, which differs from the other film. John Dunbar wanted to become closer to the Sioux tribe, but the tribe resisted. They thought white people were stupid and they did not trust him. Slowly, Dunbar earned the Natives’ respect. Another conflict that occured in this movie was a battle between the Americans and Sioux. Both groups were fighting, so it was a mutual battle, unlike in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. The main difference between the conflicts that occured in each movie was who was leading the fight. In Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, the Americans were the reason the problems occured. Dances with Wolves, on the other hand, had problems that were caused by both Americans and the Sioux. Both movies, however, had issues between Americans and the Sioux tribe. They also both had battles between the two groups. Both films had many conflicts, and although they were different, they were similar in some

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