Pocahontas Rhetorical Analysis

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Moreover, in the school days many problems still exist when the colonizers apply their systems of deprivation over the Native American children. Zitkala-Sa notices that there are no more ceremonial practices as they had costumed in her tribe. Also, Zitkala-Sa and the other Native American children were forbidden from practicing their religion or speaking their Native language. Alternatively, they force them to learn English and to convert to Christianity. debunking the Pocahontas Paradox: The Need for a Humanistic Perspective Culturation serves as an inclusive term for both acculturation and enculturation. Both components of culturation are related to changing cultural beliefs and values when one cultural group is exposed to another cultural
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