I will Fight No More Forever Blog

I like the story by Chief Joseph, "I will fight no more forever." It is a surrender speech saying basically he is tired of the fighting and tired of the struggling that he is experiencing and that other people around him are experiencing too. He is not giving up on fighting, it just does not suit him anymore. He wants to have a life and have time to find his children and do the things that he has yet to accomplish. I think the story is pretty inspiring. I like how he knows what is good for him and how he wants to surrender.

What really interests me about this story is the fact of how he looks at the youth. He says that the old men who led the youth are dead and now it is the youth's choice to say yes or no. This shows that youth is beginning to have more power, and I can tell that it frightens some of the people, including him. I think it just shows a different point of view. There were things evident in Thoreau's theories and Chief Josephs that suggest the future of the world and how it did not look good.

When comparing his views to those of Thoreau, I do not find much of a difference. They are both determined people, but in very different ways. Thoreau was a very hard core person. He wanted to do what was right and was determined to accomplish things no matter what the cost was, even if that meant going to jail or dying for what he believed in. Chief Joseph on the other hand was more a compassionate person. He saw his life through his eyes and did not like to waste any time like Thoreau. He was not giving up, just the conditions got to hard for him to handle, and it was not worth seeing children freezing and dying of starvation, so he surrendered himself. I find both the men very inspiring though because they follow what they believe.

McCloskey, Mary. "I Will Fight No More Forever." Welcome to Georgia State University. Web. 01 Mar. 2012. <http://www2.gsu.edu/~eslmlm/chiefjoseph.html>.