The World On The Turtle's Back

After reading The Earth on the Turtle’s Back and When Grizzlies Walked Upright, many key details are displayed about the Onondaga and Modoc cultures, these tribes vary in their beliefs but the morals that are conveyed through their folklore are very similar. In the story, The Earth on the Turtle’s Back, there is a group of mythical people that live in the Skyland. After the chief's wife dreams about the Great Tree being uprooted, the young chief pulled the tree from the soil, exposing a large hole in the ground, his wife leans to look into the hole and falls through to a sea of water, where the animals that inhabit it created Earth on the Turtle's back for her to live on. In When Grizzlies Walked Upright, the Chief Sky Spirit creates a mountain of snow and ice on Earth and

“The Earth on Turtle’s Back” is a creation myth retold by Micheal Caduto and Joseph Bruchac. The myth suggests that a muskrat ‘created’ the Earth by pulling it up out of the depths of the waters. Similarly, “When the Grizzlies Walked Upright” is also a creation myth retold by Richard Erodes and Alfonso Ortiz. This myth explains that the first Indians were created from a union between the grizzly bear and Sky Spirit. Although the myths reveal that the Onondaga and the Modoc both believe that there is a higher power, each tribe has different views on how their Sky Chief is.

The novel “The Back of the Turtle” by Thomas King is relevant to Canada in both present day and history. Through the setting, characters and theme the story is portrayed in a way that makes it sound like a calamitous prediction for the future of Canada’s treasured natural world. Riddled with corporate greed and environmental disaster, the story follows those involved and affected by the catastrophe that destroyed Samaritan Bay. His lifelike characters are tangled with labyrinthine emotions that add another layer of complexity to the story. In my opinion, the novel “The Back of the Turtle” by Thomas King is a great novel because of the depth of storytelling that the author can achieve, and deserves to be recognised as a “Great Canadian Novel”.

The “World on a Turtle’s Back” is a very interesting creation story that does seem to a good job of “reminding people of who and what they are.” The creation of the world seems to be impossible to comprehend. It is hard for one to believe that a sentient being shaped the world with their bare hands. However, the Iroquois story says the world was created by a human woman, as the story stated that she was from the Sky-World, where the gods who like people (38). I think the Iroquois compared gods to men to remind them who they were as people, and to show that they were not that different from their gods.

The phrase from Hindu mythology ‘turtles all the way down’ refers to the problem of infinite regress, or the idea that everything needs a further explanation. Turtles All the Way Down is a fictional-thought-engaging novel authored by John Green. The novel is in the first-person perspective of Aza Holmesy, a high school girl from Indiana who overthinks and has thought spirals. Furthermore, one of Aza’s old friends, Davis, has a billionaire father who was presumed to be hiding from legal authorities after he was charged with bribery and fraud. As a result, a $100,000 reward was put for Davis’ father, Russel Picket, for any information about his location, which explains why Aza and her friend, Daisy, decided to meet Davis for information regarding

Native American myths consist of many folklore stories that all are similar, yet different. One type of folktale is the creation myth written by the Iroquois, The World on the Turtle’s Back. It tells about the world and how it was created. Another type of folktale is a trickster tale, Coyote and the Buffalo, which tells the story of an arrogant, greedy coyote and a big buffalo. While both stories have their similarities, they also have their differences.

The Hopi Legend and The World on the Turtle’s Back are two Native American myths that tell the story of how their world was created. Both myths are somewhat similar; however, the two myths are precisely different. In other words, both stories began with different events and views of understandings. To exemplify, the Hopi Legend begins with two Gods, Tawa and Spider Woman, who created a world using the forces of nature and magic to form life. The story later ends with a rich feeling of relief as Spider Woman leaves the people with rules to follow on, almost as if life can be perfected. To contrast with the Iroquois’ myth, The World on the Turtle’s Back are filled with flaws. The first event that led to how the world was created was when the pregnant woman fell from the Sky-World after coming near the Great Tree. The story ended after her daughter grew up and had two twins of her own, who created more of the world with the exception of perfection. Above all, two different myths share and differentiate features of symbolism, culture, and the

American History, it has done so much in time that has affected how we live life today and how we interpret things. American Literature reflects that and all it has left us with. Throughout the stories and passages we’ve read this course all of them have left a impact on how and why the writers wrote about what they did. It was all because of American History which later went on and fathered American Literature. American Literature has made society how it is today and painted a vivid picture of how American’s and people live and many of these writers had that in mind when they took these notes.

“It’s not what you look at the matter it’s what you see” Henry David Thoreau. Families often influence a child’s mind on how the world was created. The World On The Turtles Back and Genesis have various similarities in the origin of mankind including word choice, symbolism and characteristics.

rather than the usual patriarchal perspective of women and their influence in the development of the world. The myth states, "After a while, the woman’s time came, and she was delivered of a daughter. The woman and her daughter kept walking in a circle around the earth, so that the earth and plants would continue to grow." In the perspective of the audience, women are depicted as role models and their ability to fulfill a motherly role allows humanity to gain knowledge. Knowledge is a key aspect in the development of civilizations and the women 's knowledge of cultivating the land will ultimately result in the continuation of civilization on the Turtle 's back. The myth also states, "As she

Native American origin myths are very intricate in their stories and tell the reader a lot about Native American culture. The story “The Earth on Turtle’s Back” shows the level of importance that the natives put on nature as they incorporate it into every part of their story. It also shows the respect for nature because of their thinking that they wouldn’t be on Earth without them.

There were authors who will write about literature and their work would be looked as if it had an influence on science. Derrida and Kuhn’s were a big influence on English professor because they open one mind that literature does not have essence and that literary criticism is not science. The author also believes that people outside the profession are not interested in literature and

American literature has evolved greatly from the Native Americans to 1870’s. American literature has changed, it teaches us how we have become more independent ourselves. The World on a Turtle’s Back, a myth, The Scarlet Letter, a book in a puritan setting, and A Rose for Emily is a southern gothic story. American literature would not be the same today without these forms of writing. The teachings from these are passed down generation to generation.

In the beginning times of American Literature, Puritan writers were prevalent which grew into the Age of Reason by way of scientists and philosophers, which eventually emerged into Romanticism and the Renaissance writers, which developed into Realism by the middle of 19th century. Throughout American Literature, religious ideologies and philosophies influenced the way that writers portrayed the time period, characters, feelings, and God.

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, changes in the dynamics of society caused intellectuals to question the traditions of everyday life. From religious views to the arts of literature, traditional values and forms were rejected, thus defining a line between the two time periods, which can be considered as the start of the Modern era. Also known as Modernism, the modern era used literature as an outlet for expressing the thoughts and feelings of the time. Modern texts use city life, industrialization and globalization, and ironic and satirical themes to showcase their bleak outlook on life post both world wars. The nature of these events are aspects of society