Cochise,_Charlot,_&_Booker_T._Washington

Cochise, Charlot, & Booker T. Washington These three speeches, “I am alone”, “He has filled our graves with bones”, and “The Atlanta Exposition”, each speak of struggles from the same time period but they have many differences in the way the speech is presented and the people they address. “I am alone” and “He has filled graves with our bones”, are both written by Indians speaking their struggle with the white man, but there past experience with the white man and attitude differ somewhat. On the other hand, “The Atlanta Exposition” speaks of the black mans struggle with the white man, the speaker is wanting the blacks to rise up and prosper with the white man rather than the Indians admitting defeat. First, is “I am alone”, a speech given by Cochise, a Chiricahua Apache Leader. Cochise gave this speech to the Americans coming to them as a conquered chief. He is very passive, without any rage or intense anger in giving his speech He explained how his tribe had grew from a few into a thriving tribe and all the people they had encountered along the way. First they encountered the Spanish, which his tribe fought and were successful. Then the Mexicans came and the white, man, indians, tribe, speech, blacks, charlot, whites, two, people, indian, killed, cochise, black, been, tells, struggle, speeches, land, given, free, fought, first, exposition, done, atlanta, same, prosper, peacefully, off, much, mexicans, graves, filled, fight, even