Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Response Question: Yankee Doodle (pages 214-end)

On p. 237, it says, "Poor Yankee Doodle, whatever could he do against this great scarlet dragon?" Who does Yankee Doodle represent? Who is the "great scarley dragon?" What does this quote mean on April 19, 1775?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The Yankee Doodle represents the colonists and th scarlet dragon represents Great Britain. At the time the colonist weren't expected to even put up a fight against the British. Also the Scarlet Dragon part refers to the British's uniform color (scarlet) and their fierceness of their army (dragon).