Klinkenborg’s “sand Creek”
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...Klinkenborg 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. 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 author’s 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...
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