The Light In The Forest Analysis

Coming to America the English settlers didn’t know what to expect, they hoped for a strong interaction with the Natives who could help them settle in. They hoped that the two groups would get along harmoniously and become allies. Many envisioned the Natives would acquaint the English settlers to the land and advise them how to live off of that land. In addition, the settlers concluded that the Natives and English settlers would be able to expand one another’s community and expand their own knowledge. The Natives were accustomed to the area and knew how to nurture the land and use its natural resource. Unknown to the English, these Native had already experienced the Spanish settlers and had learned to protected their resources and themselves quite well. Would the outcome be different with the English settlers? Expecting to discover Natives who were
Each side saw the situation only through their lens and didn’t agree nor appreciate how the other group handled the situation. The Natives and English settlers would kill the other side in order to get revenge. Sometimes the Natives would go as far as abducting a settler to replace one of their own. The Light in the Forest illustrates a story of a little boy who was taken by the Indians from his English settler parents. Growing up with the Natives, the boy believed he was one of them. However, when the Natives returned the true son, taken eleven years’ prior, The Natives didn’t not cause conflict when returning the boy but deep down wanted the boy for themselves. The Light in the Forest gives a great example where True Sons Indian father explains that in the end he will always be an Indian at heart, “Your head is Indian. But your blood is still think like the whites.” His Indian father is trying to teach True Son that he doesn’t fit in with the tribe and must continue on with