English Midterm Project: Tzofi Klinghoffer, Henry Dang, Mark Dominguez (October 5th, 2011) W.

Bradford (Mark): Hi, my name is William Bradford. B. Franklin (Henry): My name is Ben Franklin. W. Bradford (Mark): Nice to meet you. Where are you from? B. Franklin (Henry): I'm from here in Boston. Where are you from? W. Bradford (Mark): I was exiled from England, so I journeyed to the New World to settle it. I live nearby in Plymouth. Nice place, but the savages that infest the area are a problem. They live off of our land, parasites of society. B. Franklin (Henry): What have the savages done to wrong you? You look down upon these fellow humans simply because their manners are different than ours and they live on land that was once their own. W. Bradford (Mark): Look at this savage here. Thomas (Tzofi): Heyy William. My name is Thomas Builds-the-Fire, thank you. I am a storyteller, a person of tradition. I am no savage. W. Bradford (Mark): So what...nonsense! He is from an Indian Reservation where his people are shunned. They challenged our authority and they tried to make the rules even though I was declared mayor of Plymouth. Thomas (Tzofi): According to my ancestors your people came to our land even though we were here first. B. Franklin (Henry): Yes, that is true. You and the settlers barged in on their land and claimed that it was yours. W. Bradford (Mark): Who's side are you on? Ben: I am on the side of God. I look for honesty and righteousness in my life. W. Bradford (Mark): I can't believe you would betray your own people like that Benjerman! B. Franklin (Henry): I am not anybody's side and I do not like how you proposed that I wasn't on your side. I just want everything to go smoothly. Thomas (Tzofi): Yeah so calm down you Native American hater. W. Bradford (Mark): I am just saying that they have no right being on this land. I acknowledge that some Natives, such as Samoset have helped us, but others stole tools and attacked us. Thomas (Tzofi): Are you stupid? Don't talk about stealing, robbery. We were here way before your people came to steal from us.

W. Bradford (Mark): Watch your mouth, we found this land and its rightfully ours. B. Franklin (Henry): Alright calm down you two. But I have to agree with Thomas here. The natives were born here. They lived here long before us. Thomas (Tzofi): Yes that's right. W. Bradford (Mark): So what's the point? B. Franklin (Henry): So you can't just barge in and take away their land. That just makes you a thief. W. Bradford (Mark): Look at these uncivilized people. They do not deserve that much land. Thomas (Tzofi): Without us, you would not even be able to gather food. Remember the first Thanksgiving? We gave you that food. Ben: Thomas has a point. What did the settlers do in return? W. Bradford (Mark): We gave them blankets to keep them warm. We gave goods. Thomas (Tzofi): And those blankets had diseases that killed our people. B. Franklin (Henry): Well to be fair, how would the settlers have known about the disease? Thomas (Tzofi): If they hadn't had to take our land and force us away, we would have been fine. Your greediness did this. W. Bradford (Mark): My people came to settle a set of people of a new religion. We religious people and God guides us. B. Franklin (Henry): I follow a strict list of virtues. I believe that every crime, no matter the size, will result in one's punishment by the mighty God. I consider the discrimination against another people and the forceful grasping of their land is a crime. W. Bradford (Mark): Your independent views are what God will punish. We who stick by the Church and seek to purify it will be rewarded, while you stand aside from the Sect. And our views on the savages are indisputable. They have no God. They are not Catholics. B. Franklin (Henry): I agree with you that organized religion is essential in keeping a fair and holy society where man does good to his fellow man, instead of bad. But, why do we not give the Indians a chance as equals, fellow men? W. Bradford (Mark): We have given them chances. When we first arrived, we tried to approach them, but they ran. And since then we have dealt with attacks and even murder. What civilized men do this? B. Franklin (Henry): They are not all perfect, neither are we. You compare them to civilized men, yet your people have cheated them in every way. When you buy from them, you give them less than what they ask. They are hospitable in their actions and friendly in their speech. They give help when needed and in return ask for little.

W. Bradford (Mark): They ask for our land. We do not need them anymore. Thomas (Tzofi): You do not need us anymore? So you throw us away like a broken tool? Our people find uses for even broken tools. Let me tell you a story. Years ago, I was just a young stallion. I was grazing in the field just nearby with my family. All of a sudden, mountain cats came. Even after all the years while we had stayed in our territory, and them in theirs, they came. We tried to run, but hunger and tire slowed us. The cats came and told us their story. They told us of God. In return, we told them our noble ancestors. They hissed in delight. Laughed in our faces. These were not men of . . . W. Bradford (Mark): Ok, ok! Like, Mr. Franklin said, no one is perfect and certainly an entire group is not. We were not perfect, but we tried. And the land has naturally fell into our hands. B. Franklin (Henry): Naturally fell is a rather loose term, is it not? I admire your ability to acknowledge at least some mistakes, if not all of them. Thomas (Tzofi): Your people will never make amends to us. Even if you try, it will never be enough. We want our land back. William, the people who followed you in New England forced us into reservations. Our people have lost tradition and lost sight of potential. B. Franklin (Henry): I apologize for me predecessors actions against your people. Mr. Bradford, while he may not admit it, I am confident in his knowledge of his wrongs. W. Bradford (Mark): These Indians have wronged us further. They are savages. And I am done here. B. Franklin (Henry): Even you should realize what we can learn from these people. Yes, you have come across friendly natives who helped you learn to plant corn and crops, but there must be more. They have lived here for much longer than us. What about the winter? Make peace and they can teach you. W. Bradford (Mark): I actually agree. These natives are of use, but little do they help us. Thomas (Tzofi): I foresee that if my people are treated properly, we will give many lessons in return. W. Bradford (Mark): Maybe there is a future for coexistence, although I highly doubt it. Let us meet again. B. Franklin (Henry): And see, compromise is possible even amongst the most drastically different humans. When none of us are looked on as savages, we are all human. Good day! EVERYONE CLAPS!