Samantha Delgado Mrs. Shreiner English III: American Literature 9/27/13 When Turtles Walked Upright!? The Earth on Grizzly’s Back!? In the Native American origin myths “Earth on Turtle’s Back” by the Onondaga and “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” by the Modoc many cultural values are revealed. In both stories the indigenous people are able to give insight as to how they feel life begins and their religious beliefs. By doing so they reveal details about their tribes that otherwise would have remained
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The World on the Turtle’s back is an appealing story written by an Iroquois; is about a woman and what could happen when if she did not do what she was supposed to do. But most importantly the story is to teach and inform the younger people how the people were in Native American times. One way he showed how they were is by using literary devices in his short story‚ or in other words: creation myth. First and foremost‚ the Iroquois use allusions to Native American tradition gender roles
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Narrative Essay My Childhood… “Looking back on a childhood filled with events and memories‚ I find it rather difficult to pick on that leaves me with the fabled “warm and fuzzy feelings.” As a first daughter of a workaholic man‚ I actually felt the little sadness of being a child. When my father got home from his work‚ it was always late in the evening and when I wake-up early in the morning‚ his still sleeping until my School Bus comes. It always happened. But when he’s on vacation‚ he never fails
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“Pray the Devil Back to Hell.” Recently we watched “Pray the Devil Back to Hell” in English class. A few of the social issues addressed were: poverty‚ peace and women’s rights. The women were so fed up with how their president has been treating everyone. He got young children to run around with guns and hurt innocent people. Everyone was so below poverty that children were starving to death and there was nothing the parents could do because they themselves were starving. The women wanted so badly
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To the uninitiated‚ the significance of Flannery O ’Connor ’s Parker ’s Back can seem at once cold and dispassionate‚ as well as almost absurdly stark and violent. Her short stories routinely end in horrendous‚ freak fatalities or‚ at the very least‚ a character ’s emotional devastation. Flannery O ’Connor is a Christian writer‚ and her work is message-oriented‚ yet she is far too brilliant a stylist to tip her hand; like all good writers‚ crass didacticism is abhorrent to her. Unlike some more cryptic
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As a wife‚ daughter and mother of two thinking of going back to school was a hard decision. I have many obligations to fulfil‚ but I knew that taking that time get my career would be worth all the struggles that would come. Deciding to further my education was important to me because I wanted to pursue my career with a job that I can enjoy. It is very exciting to think that I will be working on getting my degree and that it will pay off in the future‚ but if I cannot manage my time or have people
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I Ain’t Comin Back After reading this short story‚ I ain’t comin back‚ by Dolphus Weary‚ I have such a different type of appreciation for what I have. My outlook on poverty‚ my lifestyle‚ and what I take for granted has all changed. I see poverty as a very real‚ scary‚ and possible thing for all of us. We‚ as a nation‚ should realize how lucky we are to be living in nation that is free. Free to do ultimately whatever we please. I have always learned about poverty and what the blacks had to deal
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In William Bradford’s Chronicle “Of Plymouth Plantation” (1606-1646) and Iroquois’ Creation Myth “The World on the Turtle’s Back” (2012)‚ they showed that it takes guts and the confidence to become an explorer of the unknown. Can curiosity lead you to your thinking of death but changes the thinking of being the most amazing thing happened to you in life? Even with the risks of starvation‚ dehydration‚ disease‚ and possibly death‚ would you still go and explore the unknown? An explorer seeks the unknown
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On September 8th 2009‚ the president of The United States‚ Barack Obama gave a speech called “Back to School”. The speech was about the responsibility that you have as a young individual - responsibility you have for yourself‚ your teachers‚ parents‚ and your country. Obama mentions‚ among other things‚ that you have to attend school to find out what your good at‚ and what you want to make of your future. He says that without education your never going to get the job you want most. He says that
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demanded in the new product. That would have allowed Back Bay to gain a competitive advantage and keep existing customers (that could easily switch from the company’s conventional batteries to the company’s ultracapacitors) as well as attract new ones. The second piece of information implied that demand for my core business products would soon start to decline and that a price war would be inevitable. It became clear to me that to sustain growth for Back Bay I had to focus my R&D efforts on innovative
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