They also diverge in that Red Jacket is much kinder in his observations and conclusions, likely very much associated with the divergent audiences while Tecumseh is universally unkind to the White Man for his historical actions, which have taken so much from and spilled much Red Man blood. Red Jacket ends his ethical rant by withholding judgement, while Tecumseh calls for a united war on the White Man were revenge will be had and much White blood will be spilled, through a united effort of war.
Pathos
The character of the Red Jacket speech is dependant upon the emotional ties that the Red Man and the White Man have with one another and the sorrow that White Men might be feeling for the historical actions of their own kind, against the Red Man. Red Jacket relies heavily on the pathos of brotherhood and unity, as does Tecumseh but from entirely different emotional motivations. Red Jacket expresses that he sees the calling of the White Man for this "council fire" as a sign that they emote in a manner that is at least sympathetic to the Red Man, and that they will see the Red Man as similar to the White Man in their divergent takes on religion and history. While Tecumseh relies on Brotherhood and Unity as a collective experience of having been brutalized, in countless ways by the White Man and seeking retribution for the lost land, power and blood of th Red Man....
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