Question

In "The School Days of an Indian Girl," Zitkala-Ša repeatedly refers to the missionaries she encounters as "palefaces." What is the effect of using this language on the tone of the essay? Be sure to use details from the essay to support your point. (15 points)

Answer 1

To understand this situation, we must first aware that the indian back then doesn't kindly see someone from caucasian race because of all the land stealing.

In the book, Zitkala-sa describe the missionaries' appearance as "a cold race whose hearts were frozen with prejudice"
And she described how afraid she felt everytime she's around the missionaries

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