Conflicts

Conflicts - What are the major problems? Why are they problems?

(Jack Miller ) - The first problem in the book was that the At-mun-shi tribe was attacked by white men from America. The people from the tribe were taken into canoes. Once the canoes reached a certain point they unload the tribe into 10 ft deep holes they called "pits". After a while, the people in the pits were taken onto boats and shipped away to America. Once the ship arrived, there was another problem, Amos couldn't find his sister, Ath-mun. Amos was sold and then taken to his kind owner's house. His owner died. He was sold once again to another kind owner who died. All the while he was looking for his sister. That was the main problem. Amos was free and now there aren't any problems but Amos's lost sister, which I doubt he will find.

Dana Hiyajneh Pd.1- Alot has happened in the book in the last 50 pages.Alot of Amos' problems were solved like getting his freedom, it finally happened. As a free man he could buy slaves and then marry them.He wanted to do this so they would die free. He bought 2 women who died shortly after they were bought. In about a years time they had died. Amos bout another women who had a child, about 4. He married her and now they are looking for a place to build a house and start a new life. Amos wants to continue being a tanner. They finally found a place next to a big mountian. Now the harder part building it.

(Jack Miller ) - Dana, you basically covered the whole conflict part for this section, so I don't really have anything to say at the moment :p

Dana Hiyajneh- For the book the conflict is man vs. society. All the white people want to keep him in prisoned but he wants to be free. They want him to be a slave. Amos has to earn his respect in the comunity. It takes so many years not just to have his freedom but for the whites to take him seriuosly. He doesn't really have a many problems at the end of the book but Mrs. Lois Burdoo with all her children whom were not taken care of was a big deal in Amos' eyes. He wanted to help them but Violet wouldn't let him have the money from the kettle. His problems ended when he and Violet died, only a year apart in time. All in all the book was ok and i'm curious if this story is even true or not.

Emilie Bartkowski: Another conflict is man vs. man. Amos's wife took his money jar and hid it from him. She did it because she didn't want him to spend it on his friend. Instead she wanted him to buy his own land with it. Amos was mad that she hid his money and they didn't talk much. His wife wouldn't give it back until he decided to buy land. She felt bad so she gave it back and Amos bought land. (I forgot his wife's name so thats why I didn't say it:P)

(Jack Miller ) - Conflict: A struggle opposing forces  Internal Conflict: A conflict occurring within a character

 The internal conflict in this story is that Amos is wanting to help the poor family in Jaffrey, but Lois doesn't want him to, so Amos has a conflict within himself wondering if he wants to help or not.

 The way this internal conflict was resolved was that when the poor woman's child, Polly, was being sold, Amos bought her. After Amos had bought her he had fed her and treated her nice so that he thought he was doing a good deed for the lady.

 1. Confident  2. Religious  3. Trustworthy  4. Determined  5. Charitable