The World On A Turtle's Back Analysis

Nature plays a big role in the Native American theories. As mentioned in the narrative, “The Earth on Turtle’s Back,” the earth was considered to be located beyond the waters. A little muskrat risked her life to go down deep in the water to grasp a piece of earth ,for the woman that was falling out the sky(Caduto & Bruchac). Once she made it upon the waters, the turtle volunteered

A myth plays an important role in the modern world because it is the foundation of many religions and cultural heritages. Mythological stories such as “The Turtle On The World’s Back,” teach us about the battle between good and evil in the world. This story explains how life came to be. This myth mirrors many of the concepts of the Biblical creation story. The Bible is truth.

In the World on the Turtle’s Back, there are two twins, the left-handed one and the right-handed one, one which is good and one which is bad. In the story the two twins create animals out of clay which fought each other. On page 42 it says, “They took clay and modeled it into animals, and

Literature is important to allow readers to escape reality within the pages of a book, and also to preserve the past by reading about personal experiences and understanding the norms of different time periods. It is beneficial to provide a new world for the reader, but it shows our history and how it has changed over the years. Many fiction writers hint at real-world experiences or topics and it is up to the reader to interpret the theme of the literature. Authors write to preserve our past and to show a common theme as well as open the door to allow the reader to delve into the words on the page.

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.

As people mature, their beliefs evolve; as a child it is easy to be guided by adults, to believe in adults. As adults, people have their own beliefs. It is the period in the middle that is the hardest. As children begin to grow, they begin to push limits and question authority. The modernist period in American literature is comparable to those teenage years. In the early stages of American literature, America looked to her mother England for guidance. The very traditional literature that resulted had a strong emphasis on religion, family, and country. In early literature it was scandalous to question God; the family was only to be portrayed as a supportive, loving community; and

The amazing world of literature, marvelous drawings, and beautiful music. All part of this era that marked history forever. Since the very beginning of the Antebellum, American literature was being touched by the early forms of structure in books and authors. Before the Antebellum period, literature was not original; it was either imported from Europe or inspired by other writings. But America started to create a new type of literature, this type of writings was basically just biographies, autobiographies and history books of the American Revolution heroes. But it was also normal to see authors writing fictional stories such as Moby Dick, The Last of the Mohicans, and Sleepy Hollow. The American literature started slow in the middle of the ninetieth century. Books were being written and changed as the wars and revolutions started to spread inside the country’s plains. Many of these inscriptions were either lost or burned in the wars that were taking place, but

In the colonial period, America was just starting to form and the people were just beginning to brainstorm ways of uniform life to live. Many looked to religion and focused their writing to center around God while others believe in Rationalism and the arts of “Science, Ethics, and Government”. American literature seemed to have three staple points that defined the times: God and religion (Puritanism), creation stories, and finally Rationalism.

I have read several of your books and plan to read more. Based off those books, you have become one of my favorite authors. I love the writing style you have. All your books are full of deep questions and thoughts that really make you think. I believe this partially contributes to how full of emotion your books are. I especially love your newest book, Turtles All the Way Down. At some points, it can make you feel anxious just reading Aza being anxious, but I love how well you displayed the feelings of someone with anxiety. I really liked the analogy of Aza's thoughts being a spiral that keeps going and going, getting tighter and tighter and the revelation that you can go backward up the spiral and it will get less coiled which helped Aza deal

American literature contains many diverse styles, people, and genres. Despite these differences, the collective work of American authors has shaped both the country’s culture and lifestyles. We read to escape or to gain knowledge, but either way, we bring the lessons we’ve learned from literature into our everyday life and share those lessons with others around us. Because of this, authors strive to create a piece with a worthwhile message.

Taylor decided to look for the woman that once gave Turtle to her. She got some information of the man who was still working in that same bar where she met the nervous woman. He informed Turtle that she goes sometimes always accompanying a dominant man. Taylor finally talked to the woman and realized that she is actually Turtle’s aunt. She even told Taylor the bad experiences Turtle has suffered at a young age. Secretly, the woman helped Taylor with her adoption, thus, Turtle who real name is April became Taylor’s legal daughter. She returned to Tucson with Lou Ann and Dwayne Ray and got some shocking information about Esperanza and Estevan. They decided to return to her homeland Guatemala with the loved and closed friends. But more

There are hundreds of different theories on how our world came to be. In the short creation myth, “The World on the Turtle’s Back” the Iroquois Tribe uses many functions to describe their theory, but the most interesting one was how they explained the unexplained (cosmological). The Iroquois Tribe attempts to describe how the world was created and how animals and plants came about. To begin with, it was explained how one crucial moment allowed the whole world to be created.

Many cultures have ideas on the creation of Earth. While each idea is different, they often involve two mythical beings coming down from the heavens bringing the world into existence. The Iroquois creation myth, “The World on the Turtle’s Back” is a mythological story on the making of earth.

Before the Civil War, during the literary movements of Transcendentalism and Romanticism, many Americans looked at the world in an optimistic point of view. After the Civil War during the Reconstruction Era, many changed their outlook from optimistic to a more realistic outlook on life. The time period between 1870 and 1910 was when the literary movements, Realism and Naturalism in literature became prominent. Authors like Stephen Crane and Mary Chesnut wrote novels that followed these movements. These writings helped influence today’s writers to write more about current events and how they affect people. The movements are still relevant today as it can be shown through the arts of authors like; Jerry Spinelli, Nancy Werlin, and Patricia McCormick.

The biggest reason how literature helps us learn about our past is because we get to view history through the eyes of someone else. We get to learn how people thought back in the 19th century from mannerisms in their writing. All these writers have shaped America and teach the idea of self-choosing, if a writer is not for you then you do not have to follow that writer and their message. All of the examples I used contrast each other to show a wider range of the art that the 19th century creates. The first piece of writing was about the strict ways in which people must follow to be a proper person. The second example is an example of a homosexual outcast in early America, and how he would teach others through his eyes and make them understand. The last example was to exploit the dark poetry in the early 19th century and how people used it as a coping tool. You may be asking yourself why am I contrasting and not comparing? All these poems fit into one category; if I have learned anything from this class, it is that America is a melting pot of culture and ideas. All of these writers represent America, and how what makes America great is that we co inhabit with people who do not believe in what we do but we surround ourselves by them anyways. Isn’t that what America is all