Perhaps of the greatest mythic tool or practice used in the telling of American history, often used to evade the reality of American conquest and exploitation, and oft reflected in how we
present those who died at the Alamo, Custer's Last Stand at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, or
even in films like Birth of a Nation is known as the "Conqueror as
Myth"
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Savior
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Victim

Poem: the barn how does frankau try to strip the glamour from war? what might the date of the poem have to do with the feelings it expressed ?

What do father miguel hidalgo and simon bolivar have in common?

Which line from extremely loud and incredibly close reveals a melancholy tone? as for the bracelet mom wore to the funeral, what i did was i converted dad’s last voice message into morse code, and i used sky-blue beads for silence, maroon beads for breaks between letters . . she said it was the best gift she’d ever received. i asked her if it was better than the edible tsunami, from when i was interested in edible meteorological events. she said, “different.” i wanted to tell her she shouldn’t be playing scrabble yet. or looking in the mirror. or turning the stereo any louder than what you needed just to hear it. it wasn’t fair to dad, and it wasn’t fair to me. i made her other morse code jewelry with dad’s messages—a necklace, an anklet, some dangly earrings, a tiara—but the bracelet was definitely the most beautiful, probably because it was the last, which made it the most precious.