Compare And Contrast Zitkala-Sa And Mark Twain

The Regrets of The Young mind As we flow along the current of life in our small rafts, sometimes there may come a time where the river splits and we must pick between which distributary to follow under, but these decisions, especially a decision without knowledge of the oncoming distributaries, may result in repercussions which may even resolve into later regret down the road. Zitkala-sa and Twain are two prime examples of people who have made hasty decisions within their life without much or not nearly enough knowledge of what may lie in front of them. Nowadays, the internet is a suitable remedy to this problem as one can proactively research the field they want to enter later in life (just as I did with my major), so they can live with fewer regrets as they slowly age. Furthermore, life without direction may cause regrets into the incoming future just as both Zitkala-sa had with her missionary and schooling and Mark Twain did with his hasty decision of becoming a romantic steamboatman. These two writers show the importance of understanding the situation one is in and how to be sure one is going down the desired path.
These children would talk of the wealth the pale faces had and this did slowly convince her to become part of that community, but her mother did object strongly as she had strong racial prejudices against “palefaces” and their culture. Zitkala-sa did have both sides of the coin, one objecting her to go to the school and the other enticing her to go to the school.2 In the end, she did choose to go to the missionary school, but it seems from her perspective it was not the soundest of all