Analyze the following passages using the topoi to the best o…
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Anаlyze the fоllоwing pаssаges using the tоpoi to the best of your ability and/or connecting it to our course themes or discussion. The following passage comes form Mary Kathryn Nagle's Sovereignty: ANDREW JACKSON: Hmm. Sometimes I have to wonder how many times you can cut an apple pie before it's no longer apple. [He cuts another piece of apple pie.] I mean, this, this piece here, this is apple pie. But when I place it here, what is this? I think most people say this pie is pumpkin. There is, of course, a piece of apple. Just a tiny sliver. A mere fraction. [Holds up the pumpkin pie] What would you say? Would you say this pie is apple? [Puts the pie down] If I ate the whole pie, I'd hardly taste the apple. I'd only taste the pumpkin . . . Pretty soon there will be nothing left of your race other than a handful of Americans who claim to be a fraction of who you are. And they won't be citizens of Cherokee Nation. They'll be citizens of the United States. It's inevitable. Someday, this country will lose its Indian flavor.