LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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believes in balance in nature
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bases its rituals on deer meat
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respects the porcupine the most
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wishes more medicines were made
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Detailed explanation-1: -The twins, Sapling and Flint, represent the two sides of being: the straight mind, and the crooked mind. Each has to add his own creations into the mix, in order for a balanced Earth to be created. The twins symbolize balance and the duality of nature.
Detailed explanation-2: -The world the twins made was a balanced and orderly world, and this was good. The plant-eating animals created by the right-handed twin would eat up all the vegetations if the number was not kept down by the meat-eating animals which the left-handed twin created.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Iroquois Creation Story Before Columbus began the demise of the natives in The New World, there was the beginning for the native people in the Americas. Specifically, the Iroquois’s creation story. The overlying theme of this story is the juxtaposition of good versus evil.
Detailed explanation-4: -What does this characterization tell you about Iroquois values? The right-handed twin is characterized as being more admirable. This tells you that Iroquois value honesty.