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His reaction is like I will forgive when you give me a good reason and make up for what you did to the Native Americans When you made the ¨ Grand ¨ Coulee Dam.
On lines 1-5 he states " I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the dam and topples it.  I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after the floodwaters burst each successive dam downriver from the Grand Coulee.¨ His perspective of this is that what they did is so horrible he should not have to forgive until they fix what they did to him and the Native Americans. His purpose for writing this is to show his perspective and show them how it affected the Native Americans.

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The speaker doesn't want to forgive and we see that on lines 10-13 "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall when that salmon swims upstream, through the mouth of the Colombia." He is saying that he will forgive after the salmon can come back. His perspective is that he shouldn't forgive everyone because they ruined the life cycle and ecosystem of the salmon and the Native American tribes.

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The speakers reaction to being told to forgive is that he wants to but wont forgive " I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after that salmon swims through the mouth of the Spokane
River"

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The speakers reaction to being told to forgive, is him saying that he will forgive when he is given a reason to do so. A piece to text to support this is when he says " I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it."

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The speaker's reaction to being told he has to forgive was he wasn't willing to, and he's upset at the people for even telling him to forgive. There are hints throughout the text that he may never forgive them unless they remove the dam. For example in lines 1-4 it states, "I am told by many of you that I must forgive, and so I shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it. " The speaker hints that everyone should know that one person can't topple a whole dam with just their shoulder, saying that he will never forgive.

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When the speaker is told to forget, he does, but when pigs fly, or when the dam and reactors are torn down, or any type of sarcasm. On lines 3-5, he states "I am told by many of you that I must forgive
and so I shall after the floodwaters burst each successive dam downriver from the Grand Coulee."
On lines 10-16, he states, I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after that salmon swims upstream, through the mouth of the Columbia and then past the flooded cities, broken dams and abandoned reactors of Hanford."

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The speaker's reaction to being told to forgive is that they will forgive, but only when the scenario they wish to happen where the Grand Coulee Dam falls occurs. This can be seen with him constantly saying "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after..." and then continuing his scenario he wishes to happen

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The writer makes it clear he truly will not forgive. And he only says he will, push to the point that the things that have been done have already gone to far.  This is clear as you can tell by the writers demands getting more and more unattainable.  "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after
that salmon leaps into the night air above the water, throws
a lightning bolt at the brush near my feet, and starts the fire
which will lead all of the lost Indians home. " This quote is obviously not going to happen.  And the reason this poem is written in the first place is to show how terrible the building of the dam was, it ruined the local Native culture and changed his life for the worst, giving him no reason to forgive. And this is what inspired the writing of the poem.

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There are huge hints that show that the the narrator is most likely never gonna forgive. For example whenever he says " I must forgive and so I shall" he always says "after...." after every single time and then always says something that is probably never gonna happen. For example, line 1-3 says "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall
after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it." I don't think that will ever happen so he will never forgive. He also seems very connected to his tribe so he feels like he can't forgive in honor of it.

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On line 6-8 the author says, "and so I shall after the floodwaters find their way to the mouth of the columbia river as it centers the pacific." This implies that since this probably wont happen due to the grand coulee dam existing he wont really forgive them for what they did. He wont forgive them ruining his land and tradition

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The speaker is told by everyone to forgive, but he is very unwilling, and he is only willing to forgive when the impossible happens. In lines 25-27, he says he will only forgive when the world ends, so he is basically saying it is extremely unlikely for him to forgive.

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The river was his world, and his people's world and now because of the dam it's the end of his world. His world is crumbling and now he feels silenced. In line 15 he says," after that salmon swims through the mouth of the Spokane River as it meets the Columbia, then upstream, until it arrives
in the shallows of a secret bay on the reservation where I wait
alone." The speaker is angry, part of him was taken away when the dam went up.

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He states that he will not forgive because he doesn't truly mean it.  In line 1-12 it states "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall
after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee
Dam
and topples it. I am told by many of you that I must forgive
and so I shall after the floodwaters burst each successive dam
downriver from the Grand Coulee. I am told by many of you
that I must forgive and so I shall after the floodwaters find
their way to the mouth of the Columbia River as it enters the
Pacific
and causes all of it to rise. I am told by many of you that I
must forgive and so I shall after the first drop of floodwater is swallowed by
that salmon
waiting in the Pacific." which he is meaning that he will never forgive because all of these scenarios are almost impossible to complete so he will never forgive for what has happened to his tribal grounds.

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I think the author is being told to forgive them for building the dam. but he does not want to forgive because they ruined the tradition. I also think he feels like this is the end of his world. every sentence that he says starts with. "Im told by many of you that i must forgive and so i shall"

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I think the author is being told to forgive them for building the dam. but he does not want to forgive because they ruined the tradition. I also think he feels like this is the end of his world. every sentence that he says starts with. "Im told by many of you that i must forgive and so i shall"

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On lines 10-13 it says "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after that salmon swims upstream, through the mouth of the columbia." It is explaining how the author will forgive the people who created the dam after the salmon is able to swim back up again. When it says "I am told by many of you" I think its explaining how hes being pressured to forgive even though he doesn't want to.

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It's sort of a smad feeling like flabbergasted

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He says he will forgive and then he gives examples that sounds impossible like a Indian woman puts a shoulder to the grand coulee dam and topls it or a salmon telling stories by a fire in the video and he also says salmon gets struck by lightning and makes a fire.

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It is clear that the speaker is not going to forgive because although he says "I am told I must forgive, and I shall" he then follows up with events that seem impossible to happen, such as lines 18-20 "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after that salmon leaps into the night air above the water, throws a lighting bolt at the brush near my feet and starts the fire that will lead all the lost indians home."

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The speaker's reaction to being told that he must forgive is that he doesn't want to forgive  because in line 1-3 it says  " after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee dam and topples it. " saying something a impossible task because he doesn't want to forgive.

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the speaker is being told to forgive by everyone else so its not his idea. he says "I am told by many of you to forgive and so I shall after the salmon swims through the mouth of the Colombia." forgiveness is not something that he can just give away with out anything being done so resolve the problem. he says he will forgive once the fish swim through.

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The speaker doesn't want to forgive, and he won't until the Grand Coulee Dam goes down. He starts almost every line with (line 10) " I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after.." Then the speaker says, (lines 12-13) "..past the flooded cities, broken dams and abandoned reactors of Hanford." This just shows how the speaker isn't too appreciative of how these 'inventions' have changed his life, and he just wants things to go back to normal for his tribe. Before the reactors and the dams.

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The author says on lines 10 and 11, ¨I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after that salmon swims upstream, through the mouth of the Columbia...¨
He says this even though the salmon wont really be able to swim through the area anymore so it doesn't really seem like he wants to forgive but he will try.

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The sense of isolation comes from the difference and repetition from "You" to "Me".(Line 1) This isolation helps us understand the "When pigs fly" attitude of the narrator by making us feel like it is the world against the narrator.

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The writer makes it clear he truly will not forgive. And he only says he will push to the point that the things that have been done have already gone to far.  This is clear as you can tell by the writers demands getting more and more unattainable.  "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after
that salmon leaps into the night air above the water, throws
a lightning bolt at the brush near my feet, and starts the fire
which will lead all of the lost Indians home. " This quote is obviously not going to happen.  And the reason this poem is written in the first place is to show how terrible the building of the dam was, it ruined the local Native culture and changed his life for the worst, giving him no reason to forgive. And this is what inspired the writing of the poem.

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I think he's furious for being told to forgive something so horrible because if you look at  The Powwow at the End of the World on pg 76 lines 15-16 the author wrote. "Until it arrives in the shallows of a secret bay on the reservation where I wait alone." As you can see while everyone forgave this unforgivable thing,  the speaker is sitting alone not able to forgive.

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Their reaction to being told to react seems to be forced "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall "

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The speaker's reaction to being told to forgive is forced and really "backhanded". He doesn't really want to forgive because he hasn't done anything wrong, in fact he and his tribe have been done wrong, therefore he doesn't want to forgive. The text supports stating on lines 1-4, "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it." The text says that many people are telling him to forgive the people who have wronged him with the Grand Coulee Dam. In conclusion, that's why the speaker feels spiteful to forgive.

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The speaker doesn't seem to want to forgive even by being told to by everyone, the poem says from line 17-20 "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after that salmon leaps into the night air above the water, throws a lightning bolt at the brush near my feet, and starts the fire which will lead all the lost Indians home." which basically implies that when something absolutely absurd or impossible happens is when he will forgive

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The speaker says, "I am told that I must forgive and so I shall after..." With every example that follows, the author wants to point out everything that the people did to affect the Indians way of life. The things that occurred caused the Indians to have to abandon their ways. So the author is trying to show his frustration about the whole issue. Him saying that he must forgive and he will after all the issues are fixed is meaning that he will never forgive because whats done is done.

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The speaker doesn't want to forgive until he is given a good reason to forgive. On lines 10-13 "I am told that I must forgive and so I shall when that salmon swims upstream, through the mouth of the Columbia." He is saying that he will forgive once the salmon is able to come back.

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The speaker will not forgive unless he has a good reason to on lines 10-13 "I am told by many of you that I must
forgive and so I shall
after that salmon swims upstream, through the mouth of the
Columbia" He is saying that he will not forgive unless the salmon is able to swim throughout the Columbia River

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The Speaker Talks as if he is using a list and not a script and it gets really repetitive. A Lot of the poem is I was "Told By many" to forgive yet he seems to hold on to it.

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The writer's reaction to being told to forgive is that he will when his demands are met (to bring down the dam. Line 2 supports this which states: "after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it.) And he put so much detail into it so many times because his tribe was cut off from their source of salmon because of the Coulee dam. And the hanford reactor polluted his tribe's water. The writer's sense of isolation helps us understand that he feels like nobody really knows what the Coulee Dam did this is backed up by line 16 which says: "in the shallows of a secret bay where I wait alone." and this contributes to his purpose of writing because the writer is saying what the Coulee dam has really done to his tribe. And as long as it is up the writer has no reason to forgive all of the people who tell him to.

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He obviously doesn't want to forgive, you can tell this by him saying, "I am told I should forgive, and so I will, when an indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it." This shows he is not willing to forgive because of the unlikelihood of that happening.

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The speaker's angry and doesn't want to forgive. Lines 1 - 6 state, "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it. I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after the floodwaters burst each successive dam downriver from the Grand Coulee." This quote showcases the anger of the narrator. They're angry because people have destroyed the area that the Native Americans live in by creating destructive dams and killing off most of the salmon population; which in turn destroys the Natives' culture and land, respectively.

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The speaker clearly didn't want to forgive because the dam basically ruined him and he will only forgive if he sees the salmon swimming upstream it even says in lines 11-12 "I am told by by many of you that i must forgive and i shall after the salmon swims upstream, through the mouth of the Columbia and then past the flooded cities, broken dams and abandoned reactors of Hanford.
He is saying that he will forgive when he can see the salmon swim back.

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The author seems to be upset that they just want him to forgive.
in lines 3-5 it says, "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so i shall after the floodwaters burst each successive dam downriver from the Grand Coulee."

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The author seems to be upset that they just want him to forgive.
in lines 3-5 it says, "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so i shall after the floodwaters burst each successive dam downriver from the Grand Coulee."

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The speaker is not happy that he is forced to forgive and also on lines 10-13 it says I am told by many of you that i must forgive and so I shall when salmon  swims upstream through the mouth of the colombia.So he is saying pretty much that he does not want to forgive but people are forcing him to.

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The clearly shows how he feels about dam were he would keep say i am told i need to forgive. ¨I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall
after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee
Dam.¨ This is an example of imagery because paints a picture on how he fells about the dam.

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I think the speaker's reaction to being told to forgive was, that he want to forgive but won't "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after that salmon swims through the mouth of spokane river." on page 76 on line 10-15.

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When the speaker is told to forgive, he simply says no. Not until the Grand Coulee dam is destroyed. On page 75, lines 3-5 the author states  "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after the floodwaters burst each successive dam downriver from the Grand Coulee." He wants to destroy the Grand Coulee dam because it destroyed the salmon population, causing the people who depended on the salmon to starve and come up with a new food source. "The Native American community has been affected by this destruction" the author states on page 75, in the background information.

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In lines 10-11, the speaker is told to forgive them, "I am told by many of you that I must
forgive and so I shall
after that salmon swims upstream, through the mouth of the
Columbia"

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the speaker's reaction to being told to forgive is he doesn't want to forgive because in lines 15-16 it says¨ i am told by many of you that i must forgive and so i shall after the salmon swims through the mouth of the spokane river as it meets the columbia, then upstream, until it arrives in the shallows of a secret bay on the reservation where i wait alone.¨ his perspective is he shouldn't forgive because they ruined the life cycle of the salmon and the ecosystem.

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The speaker doesn't want to forgive because the people that are asking him to forgive have not fixed anything. In line 12-13 it says "then past the flooded cities, broken dams and abandoned reactors of Hanford." I feel that the sentence is talking about how the Americans built something on or near Indian land and how they just left it for the Indians to deal with it. This would make me furious and it also makes the author furious.

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He's essentially saying, "You've done nothing to make it better. So yes, I will forgive you. When pigs fly, of course."

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Throughout the text, the speaker has interesting reactions to being told to forgive. In lines 8-10 in particular it mentions the salmon saying, "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after the first drop of floodwater is swallowed by that salmon." I see this sentence as the speaker being angry that the salmon are dying without the stream of water. In his eyes, it's unfair that they built a dam on his tribal land that served for many years with plenty of salmon to eat and plenty of water to drink.

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I think the speaker is frustrated that they are trying to make him forgive even though, they had not put in the effort to try and help them. Only when they help the speaker and have "the salmon swim upstream" again will he be able to forgive.

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Throughout the poem the author is repeatedly told that he must forgive, his reaction can be seen as stubborn through the wrong eyes, but it is actually persistent and passionate about how he and his people are not in the wrong. Lines 10 and 11 in the text state, "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall
after that salmon swims upstream..." This quote and many others tell us that they are willing to forgive if others are willing to fix what they have done so they can restore their history, traditions, and culture. In this quote specifically, it mentions a salmon finally being able to swim upstream, for a bit of background information, when the Grand Coulee Dam was built, it messed up the life cycle of the salmon, something significant to his tribe. Even though everyone tells him to forgive, he will not until all is right and his culture is restored.

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The author's reaction to being told to forgive is that he doesn't want to forgive. The dam ruined the Native Americans way of life, it messed up the salmon run and it flooded some of their land, and the people that built it want him to forgive them. On lines 9-10 he states "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after the first drop of floodwater is swallowed by that salmon waiting in the Pacific." He is saying that he will forgive them when the dam is gone, and the salmon come back.

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The speaker's reaction to being told to forgive is anger, betrayal, and mostly
frustration. You can tell the speaker is very hesitant to forgive and you can see this on page 76, lines 12-14, ¨I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after that salmon swims through the mouth of the spokane river.¨ This text especially shows how reluctant the speaker is to forgive when no one has done anything to right their wrongs.

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I believe that the author is portraying his anger about the dam and the reactors through the way he says "I am told by many of you that i must forgive and so i shall." but then immediately after asks for something in return or complains about all that, they have done wrong. This shows that he truly hates the reactors and the dams.
Some of the imagery that the author uses to show his perspective includes things like, "the mouth of the Columbia", " the first drop of flood water swallowed by that salmon." and "the salmon leaps into the night air above the water and throws a thunderbolt at the brush near my feet and starts the fire which will lead all of the lost Indians home."
That last one is especially helpful for it uses language and tells of a place only an Indian would have access to. Therefore the writer uses imagery to show that his perspective is of a Native American.

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The speakers reaction to being told to forgive is that he will after they make it right he doesn't want to forgive if they do nothing to make the problem better as he repeats "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after..." this shows that he will not forgive until they do something they ruined his land and are telling him its in the past and to forget about it but why should he if they don't fix it.

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The speaker's reaction to being told to forgive is why. The speaker wonders why he should forgive. If the things that destroyed his home is still standing and his home is still destroyed and populated why would he forgive them? When everything got destroyed and nobody cared to fix it. As the speaker wrote this poem they were saying something like I will forgive once something happens because they want something back to be able to forgive. for example lines, 1-2 say "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam."

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The author is being told to forgive and what repeats again and again is "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall..." and then he will when this impossible thing happens. He doesn't want to forgive and I don't blame him, what has anyone done to give him a reason to forgive they never took down the "Grand Coulee Dam" because of cost reasons.

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That the speaker doesn't want to forgive like he said in the beginning of the poem that if an indian puts her shoulder on the grand coulee dam and topples it he would forgive them

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The author's reaction to being told to forgive was I will forgive when I have a good reason too, in this case he was not given one. Lines 1-5 he mentions "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall, after an indian woman puts her shoulder to the dam and topples it. I am told by many of you that I must forgive so I shall, after the floodwater burst each successive dam downriver from the grand coulee." He is saying that once it is all gone, that is a good enough reason to forgive.

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The speaker's reaction to people wanting him to forgive is he doesn't want too after living his whole life with the effects of the dam but he will when giving a good reason.

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The speaker's reaction to being to he has to forgive is betrayal and frustration because he hasn't done anything wrong, neither had his tribe for example line 8-10 it states "i am told by many of you that i must forgive and so i shall after the first drop of floodwater is swallowed by that salmon" from this you can tell that they are extremely frustrated about the salmon dying without the steam from the water. Another example is lines 1-4 "i am told by many of you that i must forgive and so i shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it" This show how people have wrong him and his tribe. Theses citations are important because it shows how he feels.

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The speakers reaction to being told to forgive is saying he is being told to forgive and he will "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall" But after he says that he responds with a thing that happens like " the floodwaters find their way to the mouth of the columbia river as it enters the pacific" It sounds like he wants to forgive but he can not. And every time he is told to forgive something new happens that goes against him forgiving.

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The speaker doesn't want to forgive because he believes so strongly that the Grand Coulee Dam needs to be taken down. we can see the way he feels in lines 1-5 "I am told by many of you to forgive and so I shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it. I am told by many of you to forgive and so I shall after the floodwaters burst each successive dam downriver from the Grand Coulee.". he tells us that he will forgive once the dam comes down but if it does it will cause destruction and ruin the river the land and the animals the live in the area.

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The author's reaction to being told to forgive is hurt, anger, and frustration. The repetition of "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall..." followed by him stating what needs to be done for him to forgive tells us that is tired of people commanding him to forgive even when they haven't given him any reason to. The way that no one is listened to Natives and continued to build the dam and reactors caused him to feel isolated and write this poem to show how Natives have been affected and the pain they've gone through.

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The author's purpose for writing is to inform people about the effects of the building of the Grand Coulee Dam on the Native Americans in the area. He wants people to know that he is asked to forgive but there is still nothing being done to fix anything. In Lines 1 & 2 the poem says, "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam." He is basically saying that he will forgive when the dam has been taken down, which is about as realistic as someone pushing down the dam. The reason that it is so unrealistic is that the dam, even though it has caused so much trouble, still is used for things that are important in some people's lives, so it is not likely that they will remove it. In conclusion, the author is frustrated that people are telling him to forgive and he will only forgive when something is done to fix the issues that the building of the Grand Coulee Dam created.

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The speaker's reaction to being told to forgive is regretful because he doesn't want to forgive that's why he says it over and over again pointing out the reason why not to. Lines 1 - 9 "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall
after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee
Dam
and topples it. I am told by many of you that I must forgive
and so I shall after the floodwaters burst each successive dam
downriver from the Grand Coulee. I am told by many of you
that I must forgive and so I shall after the floodwaters find
their way to the mouth of the Columbia River as it enters the
Pacific
and causes all of it to rise.

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What the speaker's reaction to being told to forgive is earning he is forgiving to earn his respect from those people that are wanting him to forgive throughout the text he talks about forgiving in every sentence spoken and his perspective comes in to play because their point of view sounds like a dam worker because he is forgiving a lot and he might know a few things about the dam because on line 12 it says "then past the flooded cities, broken dams and abandoned
reactors
of Hanford." from this piece of texts its almost like he knew what was around the river where the dam was built but he could just be a bystander but i'm using this as a stand of him being a dam worker.(This information can be found on The Powwow at the End of the World  located in the close reader digital/Physical textbook.)

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The speaker's reaction can seem like blatant refusal but in reality, the author simply wants people to notice the damage that has been caused by the Grand Coulee Dam and fix the mistake. Starting on line 1 and repeated throughout the poem, the phrase, "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall..." is always followed by something that is either near impossible or related with the dam breaking and the land going back to the Native Americans. This shows that people keep telling him to forgive but he will not be ready to forgive until he is actually given a reason to, when people notice all the pain and heartache the Native Americans have gone through the Grand Coulee Dam comes down and the Native Americans can once again join together in their home and end their isolation. The repetition of the phrase shows just how determined he is about this matter. With this information, we can infer that the author's purpose for writing this poem is to show that he will not stop protesting until the Grand Coulee Dam comes down.

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The speakers reaction for being told to forgive is, he will forgive but under some conditions. On lines 20-22 it says," I am told I must forgive so I shall after we indians gather around that fire with that salmon." so once they get their fish with their tribe around their fire they will forgive. In other words they will forgive once everything is right.
The building of a dam and his sense of isolation contributes to his purpose for writing because he might feel like he has no purpose and he is lonely just like how a dam blocks water and fish and isolates stuff.

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In the poem/text "The Powwow at the End of the World" we can see that the author does not want to give forgiveness to what has happened to him and his tribe. He feels he shouldn't have to give forgiveness, because of that, I also see he is angry. In the poem/text, on lines 11-13, the author says "I am told by many that I must forgive and so I shall after that salmon swims upstream, through the mouth of the Columbia and then past the flooded cities, broken dams and abandoned reactors of Hanford." In that citation, we can see the detail or allusion of the destruction of Hanford (which may never be fixed), and the apparent need for emphasis on the problem of the salmon disappearing, and their cycle being destroyed. As we MAY know Hanford may never be cleaned up, or at least not in our lifetime. This shows that his forgiveness may never come, as the price to pay for the damage can never be met, or would be hard to. We see that as every time he says "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall." he has a follow up of 'after'. For example on line 9, "and so I shall after the first drop of floodwater is swallowed by that salmon." With this, we can see his forgiveness won't come easy,and may never at all. And it shouldn't! These new 'inventions' and structures ruined the life of Native Americans. Lives that have been in the same cycle for centuries. In conclusion, we can see the author's purpose was to show how he and many others viewed the destruction of the dam, and how they wont forgive until something is done to save the life they have built for many years.

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He seems angered and sad as stated"I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam[1] and topples it. I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after the floodwaters burst each successive dam
downriver from the Grand Coulee. I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after the floodwaters find their way to the mouth of the Columbia River as it enters the Pacific(lines 1-8)" He's like "I'll forgive you when pigs fly". He will forgive when that dam is gone and his traditions are returned.

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The speaker's reaction to being told to forgive is filled with anger and hate. This is proven by lines 1 and 2 in the text where the speaker states,"I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it." this proves that he is angry about the Grand Coulee and does not want to forgive. He feels mad about it because of how it affected his tribe. This is also proven throughout the text as he talks about how he will only forgive if everything that has been done to his tribe is undone, which is almost impossible.

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the speaker does not want to forgive because no one has given him a reason to, once they give him a reason to, he will. On lines 1-5 he states " I am told by many of you that i must forgive and so i shall after an indian woman puts her shoulder to the dam and topples it. I am told by many of you that i must forgive and so i shall after the floodwaters burst each successive dam downriver from the grand coulee." which leads me to believe that he will only forgive when the dam is gone.

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The speaker's reaction to being told to forgive what he wants to but he won't forgive that, " I am told by many of you that i must forgive so I shall after that salmon swims through the mouth of the spokane river."

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The speaker's reaction to being told o forgive is he feels quite sad and thinks of this as unfair. He is told to forgive non-Native Americans for their actions of destroying a part of their community and identity. The salmon gave them a way of life and the people at Hanford and the people that built the dam took that away from them. He has to forgive but he does not want to. In lines 10-13 the speaker says, "I am told by many of you that I must forgive so I shall after that salmon swims through the mouth of the Spokane River." This intends that he will not forgive until the salmon come back to them. Then again the speaker has to accept the damages and changes of their new lifestyle.

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The speaker's reaction to being told to forgive is not sincere, he acts like he will forgive but then he goes on to talk about the harm that has been done to his people. In a way, he says he won't forgive until the harm is reversed especially with the Grand Coulee Dam. In lines 1-3 the text states, "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall
after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it." We know that one singular person wouldn't be able to topple the Grand Coulee Dam.

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Line 6-8 it says "and so I shall after the flood waters find their way to the mouth of the columbia river as it centers the pacific." This shows how the person is not really going to forgive them for the grand coulee dam is blocking the waters from finding the way

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The Speaker doesn't want to forgive but is told to by lots of people. This is shown on lines 1-2 where it says "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall
after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee
Dam". This gives an example that it's impossible for him to forgive because an Indian woman putting her shoulder to the dam would be impossible. It also shows on lines 10-13 that "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after that salmon swim's upstream, through the mouth of the Columbia". This is also impossible because the dam blocks the salmon from doing that. So the reason the speaker had a purpose to write this poem was only so he could say what the building of the dam has done to the Indian people and salmon and how it changed the native culture. Which in conclusion would give him no purpose to forgive but also led him to write this poem.

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The speakers reaction to being told to forgive can be seen as multiple emotions likes anger, sorrow, passive aggressive, etc. I think a good word to describe his reaction would be mournful. In lines 20 - 23 the text states "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after we Indians have gathered around the fire with that salmon who has three stories to tell before sunrise..." This statement has a sad tone, the author is mourning the memories he had that he can no longer relive due to the fact the salmon life cycles were drastically altered causing a shortage. So being told to forgive after having something sacred taken from them, the reaction would very obviously be some form of aggressiveness or mourning.

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The speaker's reaction to being told to forgive is almost sarcasm. The speaker does not want to forgive, in lines 1-4 it says "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall
after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee
Dam and topples it". Reading lines 1-4 we can interpret that the speaker will not forgive because that is not a possible event to happen.

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The speakers reaction of being told to be forgiven was on lines 1-5 page #75 ¨i must forgive and so i shall after an indian woman puts her shoulder to the grand coulee dam and topples it¨¨so i shall after the floodwaters burst each successive dam downriver from the grand coulee.¨¨after the floodwaters find their way to the mouth of the columbia river as it enters the pacific and causes all of it to rise.¨

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The speaker says "I shall after the floodwaters find their way to the mouth of the Columbia river as it enters the Pacific" which i think means he'll forgive when the dams are broken down and the water return where its supposed to be creating that kind message.

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The speakers reaction to being told to forgive is like he doesn't want to forgive until everything is restored and all the salmon is back in the rivers and all of the homes are back

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The speaker's reaction to being told to forgive is frustration/annoyance because he most likely feels/thinks that they don't deserve forgiveness when they ignore his requests, some of which are incredibly unlikely, to downright impossible to achieve, like on lines 2-3"...after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it." Meaning a giant Indian woman destroys the dam, which is impossible. Him repeating the line "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after..." multiple times throughout the poem (Nine times) indicates that he doesn't truly actually forgive, as he will only forgive when the impossible happens, which in his eyes is basically the equivalent of the taking down/removal of the dam. He's also (Seemingly) aware of how both the reactors (In Hanford) and dam have negatively impacted the environment, and how they all essentially oppose the Native American's cultural views/ideology.

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The speaker's reaction to being told to forgive is no although he never directly said no to the conditions he put on to forgive were unreelestice

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the speaker says "you tell me I must forgive and so I shall" and then says something that will most likely never happen. An example of this is when the speaker says in line 2" you tell me I must forgive and so I shall once an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it."  He says this because he knows it will never happen and he doesn't want to forgive because imagine for a second how it would feel to have someone come into your home and build something that really hurts your home and you, so I would be reluctant to forgive those people as well.

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The speaker does not want to forgive unless he and other tribes get what they had back. Like their rivers and the salmon that would come through. In lines 6 and 7 the author says"...after the floodwaters find their way to the mouth of the Columbia river..." This proves that he will not forgive until he can claim what many other tribes had.
In lines 10-12 the text says "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after that salmon swims upstream, through the mouth of the Columbia and then past the flooded cities, broken dams and abandoned reactors" This tells the reader that he won't forgive until impossible events will happen. So, in conclusion, he will never forgive until he has a reason to.

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How the speaker feels about being told to forgive, is him being resentful about the Grand Coulee dam being made and taking away what he used to have. just like in lines 3-5 "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after the floodwaters burst each successive dam downriver from the Grand Coulee" Inferring that he isn't going to forgive until he can go back to what he used to have before.

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The author's reaction to being told to forgive is clearly very unwilling to unless certain circumstances are met. He says in lines 1-4, "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after the Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it." He will not forgive until the dam is gone and the salmon are free once more.

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The speaker's reaction to being told to forgive sounds very unforgiving. Lines 1-4 state, "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it." The speaker is saying that he will only forgive if a tribe member, (for who the dam caused so much destruction) sacrifices herself for the dam.

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The speaker agrees to forgive after everything that has been done to the Indians is fixed, but he doesn't believe that will happen. In lines 25-27 it says "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall when I am dancing with my tribe during the powwow at the end of the world." This shows that the narrator will forgive when his tribe is reunited and the Salmon return, which he doesn't think will happen so he refers to it as the end of the world.

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In lines 10-13 " I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it."

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On lines 20-22 it says," I am told I must forgive so I shall after we indians gather around that fire with that salmon."

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The speaker is angry at the dam and can't forgive because the dam took from him, his tribe, and innocent wildlife. He says "I am told I must forgive and so I shall..." with a way the dam messed up different parts of many different people's lives. He doesn't have to forgive them because he did nothing wrong and he can't forgive them because too much damage was done. He says he will forgive them if they can undo all the damage they did, which is impossible.

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The speaker is saying he will forgive when this happens like in line 4 he said “I must forgive and so I shall after the floodwater burst each successive dam downriver from the Grand Coulee.” He is saying that he will forgive after all the things that’s changed after the dam was put up go back to the way they were. Line 13 says “I am told by many of you that I must forgive so I shall after that salmon swims through the mouth of the Spokane River” because the salmon don’t swim through the mouth of the Spokane River anymore so he said he will forgive after the changes.

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"I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it. I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after the floodwaters burst each successive dam downriver from the Grand Coulee. This tells us that what had happened, he had to accept it even though he didn't seem like forgiving it. It didn't seem like it was fair.