What is your question what do you not get?
Answer: i would say he was very determined and persistent in overcoming obstacles.
explanation: "the magician of menlo park" as he was called, liked to tell an incident that happened when he was 8 years old and came back home crying after attending school for three months because his teacher called him "sterile and unproductive". from nowadays perspective, we can say that thomas alva edison was one of the most persistent and determined man that has ever existed. when edison was 14, he contracted scarlet fever. the effect of the fever, as well as a blow to the head by an angry train conductor, caused edison to become completely deaf in his left ear, and 80-percent deaf in the other. so as you can see he had to struggle to not so many minor issues but he always succeeded.
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The white men and they're bullets hitting men and taking the land that belongs the Indians. Black Hawk is not afraid of death nor torture
he tried saving his land, his nation he is near his end because of the white men who have taken him, they smile in the face of the poor Indian to cheat him.
