Sunday, March 18, 2012

Yanomamos

There’s no doubt that both Napoleon and Ken’s actions against the Yanomamos were wrong. They both did not treat the Yanomamos the way they should be treated. But I think that what Napoleon did was much worse. His crimes had a more damaging effect on a greater scale. He treated the Yanomamos as guinea pigs in his twisted experiment, and almost wiped out the whole Yanomamo population. Ken, although what he did was not right (betrothing a ten year old girl even though that is normal in the culture), he didn’t destroy a whole group of humans. Napoleon deserves to get the blame for the death of the Yanomamos.

1 comment:

Quinton rexananoumus bley said...

i think kent treated the yanomamo culture correctly and respectfully, but his actions with a young yanomamo women that is arranged for a marriage is not expectable in american culture.