LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Nature vs. nurture
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Modern vs. ancient
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Cycles vs. linear progression
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Moral lessons vs. narrative
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Detailed explanation-1: -why did scholars have problems recognizing the traditions of Native American literature? The problem was trying to translate the texts from hundreds of different languages and most of the stories were passed down by word of mouth.
Detailed explanation-2: -What does the idea repeated in the last three lines of this chant signify about the position of old men in this culture? Everybody believed what the old men said because with their age they became wise and were highly respected within their tribe.
Detailed explanation-3: -Coyote Finishes His Work: What does the archetype of the Earth-mother in this story reveal about the Nez Perce vision of nature? reveals the Nez Perce’s vision of nature as having great faith and respect for nature, seeing it as a mother that provides for her children (us).
Detailed explanation-4: -“The Sky Tree” shows animals being involved in everyday life. All the animals including, “Beaver, mink, muskrat brought up paw full of soil and placed on turtle ‘s back until they had made an island”(20). The earth was formed from the animals.