The Earth On Turtle's Back Summary

Origin myths are traditional stories pass down from generation to generation. The Earth’s on Turtle’s Back, When Grizzlies Walk Upright, and from The Navajo Origin Legend all revealed different customs, attitude, and beliefs. These aspects showed the lifestyles and culture of each tribe and how they all came to be. Each myths are far original and different, yet at the same time similar. They focused on natural aspects of how the world came to be. In the story of The Earth on Turtles Back, the Onondagas believed in the world came from a turtle’s back, this showed their beliefs in the animals are the original owners of earth and respects for the animals. Similarly, the Modoc’s also have great deference to animals and especially to grizzlies.

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The first similarity is that both of the novels are written by Negro slave. They described the cruel experience in southern plantation and escape from the southern slavery to northern freedom.

In some ways both short stories were written with some similarities in mind. In both of the short stories that were told there was a death taken place which is a sad thing in stories that could affect the mood of the reader. After the death there is someone to clean it up and keep it secret so no one would know In both of the stories there is unique writing styles used to add effect to the story. These are some of the things that were used in both stories that kind of put them together as

The two stories were alike in the fact that both authors lost their parents at a very young age. Since they lost their parents at a young age, they were both raised by their grandparents. Both stories also begin with a safe arrival to a new country. Both also said the journey to the new country was a two month long trip. And lastly, the the refugees and the pilgrims traveled to a completely different continents and had to adapt to new cultures. These are all the similarities between the two stories.

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”.

In Unit 1, we have read, discussed and thoroughly shared our thoughts on multiple texts and theories, even the derogatory John Smith. These texts have provided insight on many indigenous populations, their cultures and interactions with each other. “The World On The Turtle’s Back” also know as “Women who fell from the sky” is a tale of creation from the Iroquois nation, I chose this tale and the gender criticism view.

In the multiple origin stories both the Native and Euro-Americans told, there were many ways that Earth was believed to be created. Through stories like “Earth on Turtle’s Back,” “White Buffalo Woman,” and the book of Genesis, the values and beliefs of each group shine through. Reading origin stories of the Euro-American and Native American civilizations illuminates profound differences in the cultural values of the two groups.

2) Although the main concept of this myth was to tell how the good and the evil evolved, it also shared many other ideas on how life was created. For example, it showed how animals such as the deer and the bear were made to make balance in the world. Without the good and the bad our earth wouldn't function because balance is needed for everything to work properly. Americans’ beliefs differ from the Iroquois’ because we believe that in the end, the good will always prevail. Meanwhile, the Iroquois think that the good and the bad are almost created equal because both are needed to make the universe run smoothly.

The similarity and connection existing between the two stories is the point of view in the two essays. The stories are both written in the first person perspective and that

The article concerning the Onondaga on the New World Encyclopedia website allow readers to better understand the key details pertaining to the Onondaga tribe presented in “Onandaga: The Earth on Turtle’s Back”. This secondary source provides important background information to the reader, which assists them in understanding the myth.

The similarities of the book are very simple and easy to point out. In both works, they cover the same events in

The settings in the two stories are similar in the way that they both take place in a small town with a sense of poverty. The adults are portrayed as authoritative and the narrators feel trapped.

The differences that are in the stories, Iroquois first. The iroquois have the animals that go down and help the sky goddess get soil to live on but only one lives through it to get her land so she doesn't stay on the turtle’s back. From what i read it shows the respect for nature which we need more since our environment is in the hurt. Another is the there is no set god and in the bible there is. Also with this the god isn’t punishing.

Another similarity would be the characters in both stories. They are faced with the hard reality as they come to find out they weren't living in