Oppression In Hearts And Flowers By Tomson Highway
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Everyday, many people suffer an oppression where they can’t do anything about it. In a country like Canada, where each individual has rights, there’s a group of of people who aren’t privileged as the group around them. For example, an immigrant who would live here in Canada wouldn’t have the same privilege then “the Whites”. Based on the short story “Hearts and Flowers” by Tomson Highway, he shows us the reality on how the oppressed Natives would live in the 60s. But do these indigenous people still feel oppressed in the world we live now? Without a doubt, this problem is still relevant today. In this text I’m going to prove to you why the Natives can’t coexist with society, why it’s unfair for them to be treated differently when they were…show more content… In the short story, while Mr. Tipper and Daniel Daylight were driving and talking about the voting system, they saw a sign on the road which welcomed them to a Native land. Mr. Tipper wasn’t so happy driving through the land that he said to Daniel “Indian people are not human”. (Highway 186) Since they were talking about Indians and the voting system, Mr. Tipper tells the kid that the reason why Indians can’t vote is because they aren’t humans. The literary technique used is connotation. Mr. Tipper feels like the Natives aren’t humans but more like monsters. He might of not say that but we can confirm it in the short story. During a concert, both Natives and Whites were sitting apart from each other as if one side of the building was reserved for the Natives and the other was reserved for the White. In a way, we can say that these people could relate on how the Muslims are also mistreated. For example, some people would feel insecure when they are put in the same room with a Muslim but not all Muslim are terrorist. To add, Mr. Tipper also mentioned that the government doesn’t see them as humans. Maybe it’s because they don’t have the same power and control as much as the “whites” do in this free country. Basically, the sovereignty of the First Nation can’t coexist with the sovereignty of the people are in control of the country which are most