Analysis Of 'John Rollin Ridge And Joaquín Murieta'

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1. FOR WHAT AUDIENCE WAS THE DOCUMENT WRITTEN

a.This document was written for Nonfiction lovers. The article, “John Rollin Ridge and Joaquín Murieta” has life learning experience that you can implement in your life. Joaquín is an innocent and honest man which results being punished for his honesty. Being an honest individual doesn 't always get you far in life but instead you can be persecuted which result of turning into criminal in society.

2. DOCUMENT INFORMATION (There are many possible ways to answer A-D.)

A.List three things the author said that you think are important:

i. If you were guilty of a crime and about to be hung. You have little chance of disproving that you are not quality of your crime. Before you have a saying, …show more content…

At the end of article they describe the pain Joaquín Murieta endured for being a honest and innocent man: “His soul swelled beyond its former boundaries, and the barriers of honor, rocked into atoms by the strong passion which shook his heart like an earthquake, crumbled and fell” (1). At the current time it didn 't matter if you were honest or not with law. If you weren 't white in 1850, you were considered an outsider. Since Joaquín Murieta was Mexican, he was not persecuted because of his transgression but because he was Mexican. The writer wanted to give you an idea of what it felt to be a Mexican and the mistreatment they got from the white …show more content…

List two things the document tells you about life at the time it was written

i. Being guilt of your crime in their lifetime was harsh. If you were guilty of a crime you were to be hung in front of people in your town. In today 's world that would never happen, especially in California. You have the opportunity by the law to get yourself, an attorney whether you 're poor or rich. There’s a system that the government has placed to see if you 're guilty of your crime or not. You also don 't have people screaming and yelling at you that you deserve to die for your crime. The last thing you want to hear or see is people celebrating your death before you die.

ii. If you were white you had an advantage. You could easily steal, kill, or hurt an individual and blame on the other race. The writer explains at the end of the article, Joaquín Murieta, was innocent of his crimes. They tied him up on tree and embarrassed him in front of the public which included lashing him for stealing the horse. They killed his brother, friend, wife, and punish him for stealing horse that was his friends. Whites did not have consequences for their action whether they were right or wrong. They were above the law which included killing, hurting, and stealing from anyone that wasn 't

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