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Sitting Bull Compare And Contrast

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In these two speeches, both Geronimo and Sitting Bull both focus on the same point of the white man taking over the land. Sitting Bull was more effective in my opinion for many reasons. One reason is that Sitting Bull is more emotional in his diction. When talking about the white man Sitting Bull exclaims, "..and their love of possessions is a disease in them"(P.2). Native Americans did not have a love for possessions and did not idolize them like the white man did, Sitting Bull calls it a 'disease' emphasizing the love that the white men have is like a infectious disease. One main point that is effective for Sitting Bull is the fact that he talks about the white men taking away the land that the Native Americans were granted in a treaty. Sitting

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