Lessons Learned From the 1903 Iroquois Disaster Rebekah Beach March 02‚ 2010 The Iroquois Theatre Highly advertised as being “absolutely fireproof”‚ The Iroquois Theatre was as fireproof as the Titanic was unsinkable. On December 30th‚ of the year 1903‚ five weeks after The Iroquois opened‚ The Iroquois Theatre did indeed burn. The fire was so bad that in just under 8 minutes it roared through the theatre claiming 602 lives and injuring at least 250 others (Foy‚ 1995). According to the
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society is exactly the same. The Iroquois and Christians display how every culture has something that makes it different from any other culture. Every culture in one way or the other holds a deity of some sort to a higher status. What often differs between the cultures is the level of importance or value placed on this higher deity. The Bible places God on a level much higher than any humans could ever be on. God is seen as the almighty creator of everything in this world from plants‚ to animals and humans:
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Every civilization has some sort of creation story‚ usually grounded in a mythology or religion‚ of how the world originated‚ for example‚ Genesis from Christianity‚ or Pangu from China. These stories show how the world came to be‚ and usually show values‚ morals‚ and the reasons for some traditions. The Iroquois creation story “The World on the Turtle’s Back” and the Norse story “Odin and Ymir” both serve as narratives to communicate the beliefs of their people and the values of their culture. Both
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societies‚ such as the Iroquois of North America focused on living peacefully-as hunting nation. And they had accomplished to live in such a manner. Though it wasn’t until a social change-a competition between their neighboring society‚ Hurons over income/economy (the furs held value and could be traded for manufactured goods in the 17th century.) that brought about a transormation.The competition had brought in social changes which lead to aggressive and fierce alterations in the Iroquois‚ not a biological
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PHILIPPINES CEBU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY CEBU CITY CAMPUS CORNER M.J. CUENCO & R. PALMA STREET‚ CEBU CITY‚ PHILIPPINES Tel. No.: (032) 412-1270 Telefax: (032) 256-1537 COLLEGE OF EDUCATION LEGEND OF ORMOC CITY MS.JOENORAMAE L. MATA DECEMBER 2012 THE LEGEND OF ORMOC CITY On July 16‚ 1595‚ Father Chirino and the other Jesuit missionaries arrived in Leyte. In May 1597‚ Fathers Alonso Rodriguez and Leonardo Scelsi founded the mission of Ormoc. This date marked the conversion
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An Analysis of the Twin Brothers’ Motives in “The World on the Turtle’s Back” In “The World on the Turtle’s Back”‚ the right-handed twin is portrayed as the benevolent “Master of Life” (200) and the left-handed twin is seen as the devious one. In my opinion‚ the left-handed twin is not the antagonist of the story. The hatred towards the left-handed twin initiated when he killed his mother at birth. “He said he saw light in another direction‚ and said he would be born that way” (89). His
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Iroquois The next group of people I chose to research on was the Iroquois. The Iroquois are part of the woodland Indians and are also known to be one of the most recognized in that group. For thousands of years‚ they have lived near the lower Great Lakes in Ohio‚ Pennsylvania‚ New York and also further north into Canada. The Iroquoians were very smart and learned how to use the forests around them as a source of what they needed. They also grew corn‚ beans and squash on fields which then became
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Turtles Hatching The poem Mark O’Connor wrote "Turtles Hatching" at a time in his life when was closely studying nature. In this poem Mark O’Connor closely observes turtles hatching and contemplates the ritual that turtles share with the beach. This poem also has close connotations to life cycle and family. Mark O’Connor begins the poem with one single line which emphasis the information that he is giving the reader. The continuation of this line from the rest of the poem to the next without
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Despite countless numbers of stories told about how women were disrespected and unappreciated‚ although that might be true in some cases‚ it isn’t for the Iroquois. The Iroquois women were very well respected and honored and loved in their society. They had skills and wisdom that were valued in their communities and always were given a lot of power in decision making in what goes on in their society. Females had the right to vote for which men they want to see in “The Great Council”‚ which is a
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While each story is different‚ they often involve two gods descending from heaven and creating the world for necessity. The Iroquois creation myth‚ “The World on the Turtle’s Back” is an interesting story on the creation of earth. I enjoyed reading this story because it was a new perspective on the creation of man that I hadn’t heard before. The story tells of the pregnant wife in the sky-world who disregarded the rules of the eternal tree and‚ as a sort of punishment‚ falls through the clouds
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