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A 3 page reaction essay to “Sand Creek,” by Verlyn Klinkenborg, in which she presents a powerful summation of the events that made Sand Creek, Colorado a historical site. Analysis of Klinkenborg’s use of rhetorical devices demonstrates how the emotional impact of the essay was developed. No additional sources cited and the bibliography citation is incomplete.
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devices demonstrates how the emotional impact of the essay was developed. The opening introduces the name of Chivington, first relating it to a ghost town and then to the man
for whom the ghost town was named, a man who earned his fame by perpetuating a massacre. As the massacre at Sand Creek is not widely known by the
mainstream American public, this is a good way to begin because it piques the interest of the reader. The tone is unemotional, as Klinkenborg relates the horrors that occurred on
November 29, 1864 with a recitation of facts. This straight recitation of facts provides the basis for the authors logos appeal, which consists of the logical argument that whites, such
as Covington actively sought out war with Native Americans and that this event was part of that plan, leading in a direct causal line to the destruction of Black Kettles
village at Washita four years later and, by implication, to the Native American retaliation at the Battle of the Little Big Horn (Custers Last Stand). The appeals that Klinkenborg
makes based on pathos and ethos are quite subtle. For example, in regards to ethos, which is an appeal based on the character or reputation of the author, she only
mentions herself once, which is when she says that she stood on the sand bluff that overlook the site of the Sand Creek massacre. By including this detail in her
essay, the reader knows that she was there personally, which suggests some first-hand knowledge. Her essay also appeals to the emotions (pathos) because the reader cannot help by cringe at
the injustice and the horror of that day. By describing the mutilation of the bodies, such as cutting off the mens scrotums to make tobacco pouches, the reader is repulsed
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