Short Answer Study Packet

The relationship that European explorers had with the Native Americans was one of acquaintances. They were warm and friendly around each other. The explorers were optimistic to learn of the ways of the Native Americans. They even took part in the daily life of Native Americans by dressing as them and eating as them.


European colonizers used their narratives to mediate their relationships with authorities back in Europe by relying on ethos and pathos. They vividly described the lives of these Native American tribes so that the authority figures would feel pathos. They describe the life of Native Americans as being less fortunate than the lives of those back in Britain. Especially with the colonies constantly stealing land from the tribes. The colonizers rely on pathos throughout their narratives to get the authorities to stop the colonies from taking land from the tribes.

The Europeans envisioned the New World as being a place where they can star anew. They were surprised to see that the New World was not as advanced as Britain. They had to plow the land themselves and go hunting for food. These preconceptions affected their experiences in the Americas because they were not prepared for what they found when they got there. The Native Americans occupying the land before the Europeans were a definite surprise to them. They were not prepared to fight for land nor the new diseases that they came across.

I think the narrator suggests answer rather than providing it so that the reader analyzes the story more. The narrator wants the reader to get a latent meaning of the story; to think for themselves. When the reader finds the hidden message of the story, the plot comes together more and they begin to notice the writer’s style of constructing a story line.

Due to Chopin’s restraint on how Desiree and the baby died the reader learns of the deaths, not through her writing, but through their own analysis of the story. This affects the reader quite a bunch. Depending on the reader’s experience and knowledge they may come to the conclusion that Desiree and the baby died or that they made it through the willows to the other side of the bank.

Grammatical Comparison

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<10 words over the avg. length
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