Little Tree
Cherokee
The child who would be known as Little Tree was about five years old when his mother and father were taken from him by fate. His grandma and grandpa were there at the funeral and decided that they would be the ones to take Little Tree with them. Little tree, not but the age of five, ventured onward in life with his grandparents into the mountains, into a new home, and a new way of life. (Picture 1) One thing didn�t change though, little tree was surrounded by family, his grandparents yes, but also by animals, in particular his grandparents dogs. His grandparents, being Cherokee, lived by the way of the Cherokee, this meaning that they lived as one with nature, not taking more ...
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right as they did �The sun hit the top like an explosion, sending showers of glitter and sparkle into the air� (Forrest Carter, 1976). As they sat grandpa stated, �She�s coming alive� (Forrest Carter, 1976), Little Tree began to understand that Grandpa had an understanding that most people didn�t have, that nature is alive all around, and that it is something that is supposed to be treasured and praised. On the way back Little Tree and Grandpa stopped by their trap and they had caught six, grandpa made Little Tree pick three of them to take, Little Tree picked the three smallest, as he had been learning how to live as one with nature, let the strong and healthy live so they can reproduce and give more food later. This is trying to speak to the reader saying try not to live an over-excessive life style, that you don�t need the ultimate luxury items like that brand new car or the latest game system. Carter, having wrote this nearly 40 years ago, Carter may have had a different ...
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did not want to show the white people that they were weak, this march acquired its name for it sounds poetic, not for any actual events. With Little Tree learning this, I think it allowed him to see that the Cherokee were proud and strong people, and that he can also be a proud and strong person.
After a hard day of planting corn and tending to the fields, a man that grandma and grandpa knew came to the house. Little Tree just listened to them talk, the man�s name was Pine Billy. Pine Billy was telling stories of how he had come on to ways to become rich. His first encounter was with a man at a gas station who looked particularly indecent, he reported this to a nearby authority and ...
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