Sunday

Arrivals... there goes the neighborhood?

New people arriving has always brought on relationships, whether is friendship, enemies, love, or feuds. When the explorers came to the New World, their relationship with the Natives that were already there was very rocky. Some tribes liked them and others hated them. They were to form alliances with some of them but many of them were ruined. The explorers had pushed so many of the Native Americans off of their land and destroyed many of their lives with their diseases and guns. The explorers had helped them get new supplies such as horses, gunpowder, and crops.
A lot of times it depends on how you choose to look at a subject. For example, if a sibling joins the family, people have different responses. Some are super elated and happy about a new addition to the family while some may think that their lives are now interrupted and take the attention and affection away from them.
When a new neighbor moves in theirs these emotions as well. Your last neighbor could have been your best friend that unfortunately just moved out of the state or someone that you just couldn't wait to get rid of. There is a huge and long list of possibilities of who your new neighbor could possibly be. It could be the old grouchy cat lady who is always yelling at you to stay get off her law or the cute guy from out of town that you're the first to meet. It all depends on perspective.

1 comment:

  1. I agree that many different relationships could have formed by the arrival of the explorers. Do you think that the Natives and the Europeans could have been friends if they treated each other a bit differently?

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