Noah Taoudi, Mateo Hernandez Barbosa. Writing Task Feb 2 2026

The narrative of this story shows a war between the Americans versus the Apache (indigenous). This war is depicted as a civilization versus the savages. The indigenous are faceless characters that just bring fear and violence upon the “good guys.” This depiction of the indigenous makes them look primitive and savage whereas the story depicts the Americans as civil. The narrator makes the indigenous look like the bad guys and the Americans as the good when it is actually the opposite. The Americans are the bad guys trying to steal the land from the indigenous. This story depicts pretty…