American Civilization
The definition of Civilized is a controlled community and the respect for others. A civilized person would respect someone by treating them as a human being and as fairly as they would like to be treated themselves. In the song “I Have Killed The Deer” and the stories La Relacion and Before They Got Thick, the characters were civilized. In The Interesting Narrative of the like of Olaudah Equiano, uncivilized characters were displayed. The white men treated Equiano in a brutal and cruel way. Equiano was not respected in the least; he was pushed around and put in unpleasant conditions. The whites treated Equiano unfairly by beating him, and in the future Equiano was headed for slavery, which shows the whole community was not civilized. In the song “ I Have Killed The Deer”, the speaker was civilized. He killed the deer and other animals only so he could survive. He wasn’t uncivilized because when he died his body was returned to the circle of life. The song states, “ When I die I must give life to what has nourished me. So the circle of life is never broken.” He’s saying, nature provided him with nourishment so
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Approximate Word count = 757
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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