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The Winnebago Trickster Cycle Essay

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I agree that we will never be able to read and fully understand literature that is written from a different culture and time period. There were so many things that I did not understand in all three stories that were meant directly for someone of that culture to understand. Without the footnotes, I would have been completely confused about the context of the story. For example in the story The Winnebago Trickster Cycle, I did not know that it was unacceptable in the Winnebego culture for a woman to court a man for marriage, as well as, eat in a ravenous and greedy fashion. This story is using the Trickster to explain to those listening, what behavior not to partake of and what kind of behavior is seen as unacceptable in their culture. This is

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