LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Always listen to your dreams
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Sometimes we must sacrifice for the ones we love
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The natural world is evil and out to get humans
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Animals can actually talk
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lessons. It taught the natives where trees and land came from. It teaches the sacrifices we make for the ones we love.
Detailed explanation-2: -summary: In this Huron creation myth, the Sky Tree provides food for the people of Sky Land. To cure the ailing chief of Sky Land, his wife, Aataentsic, cuts down the Sky Tree, which falls through a hole in the sky. Because the tree is the source of life, Aataentsic jumps after it.
Detailed explanation-3: -In “The Sky Tree” the speaker’s use of symbolisms shows the importance of the rooting of the tree throughout the myth. It symbolizes the earth as a mother to all living beings, an example of what the earth holds in this myth include animals like the turtle, beaver and the water animals.
Detailed explanation-4: -The old chief’s dream inspires the actions that led to Earth’s creation. If the old chief hadn’t told his dream, his wife may have never cut down the Sky Tree.