“I will Fight no More Forever” was a very short piece. The work is about a man is too tired of fighting. They never really tell us what they are fighting for or who they are fighting against, so all we know is that people are dying and they do not want to fight anymore. They are really sad because three of their powerful leaders have died in the battle and they feel like they should all be done fighting. I am not sure if there is a deeper meaning behind this piece and if there is, I may or may not be missing it. He says that the young is all that is left. All of the elders have died, and the decisions are left for the younger generations. I think that this work is basically bashing the ideas of Emerson and Thoreau. They both believe that people should always persevere and fight until the end, but these Indians are ready to give up. They have been fighting for a very long time and many of their important leaders have passed away. People are freezing because the weather is really harsh. The chief was really self-centered. I think that the chief should have gone and continued to fight because that was his job. He was using the idea of self reliance and that character trait is not good to have in a warrior of any kind. He was going to give up the war simply because he does not want to fight anymore and so he wants peace. I think that it would be wonderful if we could have peace in the world, but you know that is not going to happen any time in my lifetime. I do not agree with the idea of war. If everyone in the word would just grow up we would not ever have to fight. I think that all conflicts can be solved without physically fighting. It makes people look really immature when they cannot solve an argument verbally and they have to physically fight it out. I think that it would be bad to have a leader like Chief Joseph because he gave up and did not fight for what he thought was right.
McCloskey, Mary. "I Will Fight No More Forever." Welcome to Georgia State University. Web. 01 Mar. 2012. <http://www2.gsu.edu/~eslmlm/chiefjoseph.html>
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