In the assertion quoted by John Lame Deer (Lakota), he explains how his people may seem like they have problems, but in reality, his people are on the right track and have survived without the needs of the white men. It seems like he is stating how his people's lives were difficult, and how it would usually be a problem for the white men, but it wasn't as a problem for his people because they were still able to manage without those fundamental needs. In addition, he describes how the white men tell them that these fundamental things are needed to have a civilized society. Throughout this assertion, the author is explaining how before the white men, referred to as "they," arrived into his people's society to convert them into a civilized group of people, they were fine as it is with or without the white men. Therefore, he blames the white men.
The author uses various types of rhetoric and literary devices. Naturally, he uses the rhetoric device, Syntax, into his quotation. He basically chooses specific words to join together to create phrases and sentences. For example, when he explains, "...we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents. Without a prison, there can be no delinquents. We had no locks nor keys and therefore among us there were no thieves." In conclusion, due to the use of syntax, the effect on the audience was to show them his main point. By stating these, the author was able to influence the audience to understand his point. Also, by grouping these specific words, the audience was able to interpret what happens after the other and how each of those sentences connect together to prove a point.
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