In this letter to his mother, John describes some of his recent experiences at the mission school.
R (Role): John Roanhorse
A (Audience): his mother
F (Format): a letter, 2-3 paragraphs in length
T (Topic): In this letter to his mother, John describes some of his recent experiences at the mission school. He begs his mother to reconsider sending him to the school, and explains why he wants to come back home. John is emotional, hurt, and confused when writing the letter, and he doesn’t hold back in terms of anger and language. The letter reveals the damage that has already been done to John by the discipline methods used at the mission school, and signals that there may be more challenges up ahead for John as he tries to resist assimilation. (*Note: You should write this letter in English even though we know it would have been written in Navajo.)
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