Rhetorical Devices In Black Hawk's Surrender Speech

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In "Black Hawk's Surrender Speech, 1832," Black Hawk utilizes rhetorical devices to portray what it was like to face white men. He limned what he surpassed in order to protect his people and land. Black Hawk utilizes simile frequently. Suggesting that one of the worst days had been to see his men murdered. "The bullets flew like birds in the air," referring to how the bullets injured his men. The white men impacted the lives of Native Americans drastically. There was a point in which Black Hawk did not want to lose anymore men. Nevertheless, he surrendered in order to keep his men safe. Black Hawk illustrates the white men as being a deadly threat to Native Americans. "... they coiled themselves among us like snakes...

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