ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

PURITAN LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In the World on the Turtle’s Back, the right-handed twin takes control of
A
his brother’s life
B
all poisonous plants
C
the daylight realm
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The right-handed twin takes complete control over what? The right-handed twin takes complete control over the daylight realm. What does the left-handed twin want the mountain lion to do? The left-handed twin wanted the mountain lion to eat the deer.

Detailed explanation-2: -These two brothers, as they grew up, represented two ways of the world which are in all people. The Indians did not call these the right and the wrong. They called them the straight mind and the crooked mind, the upright man and the devious man, the right and the left. The twins had creative powers.

Detailed explanation-3: -* What happens when the twins are born? A pregnant woman accidentally falls out of the sky. She places dirt from the bottom of the ocean on the turtle’s back and causes the land to grow by walking around it. The left-handed twin is born through the mother’s armpit and the mother dies as a result.

Detailed explanation-4: -These animals would eat the plants to help them grow. Then the left handed twin came around and made animals that would eat the other animals that his brother had created. Then the right handed twin made different areas where the waters would flow. He made streams, rivers, springs, lakes and the big oceans.

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