"I Will Fight No More Forever" by Chief Joseph was written as a speech. It was his surrender speech (Chief). In this speech, the chief basically says that he is done fighting. He names off a couple people who were killed during the battles. He talks about all the hardships they have to go through besides war, like the freezing weather and their small amount of warmth to protect them from it. Chief Joseph does not even know if his children are alive or dead. He has been so busy with the war that he has not been able to provide for his children and keep them warm. He then ends with "I will fight no more forever" (Chief). I think that this was a very sad speech. I think that all wars have negative spins and have to eventually come to an end. Since Chief Joseph realized that it was time to end the war because of all the bad things that they should be concentrating on instead, he spoke this speech to his people so that they could also come to the realization that the war was having more of a negative effect rather than a positive. It needed to end.
Emerson and Thoreau have different opinions on war than Chief Joseph did. Both Emerson and Thoreau wanted to fight in war. They both did not think of the hardships of it and rather thought of the good that would eventually come out, such as slavery ending. Emerson and Thoreau were against slavery so they participated in the war to end it. Chief Joseph probably had a good reason for fighting in the beginning, but he realized that it was not worth all of the bad that was coming with the battles. He had to make a smart choice and choose to no longer fight. He wanted his family back. Emerson and Thoreau probably had negative effects on their lives from war too, but the positive was worth it to them.
Chief Joseph. "Chief Joseph." Welcome to Georgia State University. Web. 29 Feb. 2012. .
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