CLAIM-EVIDENCE OUTLINE Source List: Grimaldi, James V. "Texas firms push for rain forest pipeline: Peru's natural gas project upsets conservationists, isolated tribes". Washington Post. 22 November 2002. 1-3. Colby, Gerard and Charlotte Dennet. Thy Will Be Done. The Conquest of the Amazon: Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism and the Age of Oil. New York: Harper Perennial. 1996. Putche, Laura. "A Reassessment of Resource Depletion, Market Dependency, and Culture Change on a Shipibo Reserve in the Peruvian Amazon." Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal 28 (2000). 25-55. Llosa, Mario Vargas. The Storyteller. Trans. Helen Lane. New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux. 1989. *************************************************************************** Outline: The Storyteller: Modern Influences on the Machiguenga I. Thesis
The non-native culture is often introduced to indigenous tribes so that they can better deal with and survive the encroaching "outside world." The opposite effect, however is usually the case. In Mario Vargas Llosa's The Storyteller, the Machiguenga's acceptance of the "white" cultural values makes them even more vulnerable to the destruction of their culture by missionaries and a market economy. II. Context Sub-Claim: The Amazonian tribes have been systematically destroyed for many years by invaders from the Europeanized culture. Today, the conquerors may be less violent, but in a way, are more powerful. Evidence: Storyteller (Chapter 2) Evidence: Thy Will Be Done p 1-3 of Introduction III . Sub-Claim: Missionaries have often aided in the destruction of Indian tribes. This is because they are from the Europeanized culture and in some cases, work for special interest groups allied to big business. This is especially true of the Summer Institute of Linguistics. Evidence: Storyteller (Chapter 4) Evidence: Thy Will Be Done (various pages)
IV Sub-Claim: When Indians have decided to play by the "white man's rules" in behalf of tribal special interests, they have often been defeated by the very white man they seek to emulate. Evidence: Storyteller (Chapter 4) Evidence: “A Reassessment of Resource Depletion” – p. 66 V. Sub-Claim: Social structures develop in conjunction with the environment of a given society. When the structure of the tribe is changed, its members cannot survive in their natural environment. Evidence: Storyteller: (Chapter 6) Evidence: “The Reassessment of Resource depletion” page 50-60. X. Sub-Claim: In The Storyteller, the tradition of the "hablador" is the key component to holding the tribe together. However, the missionaries dismiss the culture because they do not understand it. In doing so, they justify imposing the Christian religion over the tribal religion. Evidence: Storyteller (Chapter 6 page 170-187) A. Sub-Sub Claim: The result is that Christian mythology is woven into the native mythology. Evidence: Storyteller (Chapter 7 - page 217+) VI . Sub-Claim: Today, the Machiguenga tribe is threatened by Texas energy companies Hunt Oil Co. and Halliburton Co. who want to build an oil pipe through their lands. Evidence: "Texas firms push for rain forest pipeline.” p. 1A VII . Conclusion