These stories are similar in many ways and help to show the way the Native Americans thought. In the first story about the little boy who grew up with no parents. It showed the struggle of the little boy. From the time he was young and until he left he was all alone and had no help from other. His perseverance and strong will is what got him though all the difficult times in his young life. This is an element often shown in these stories. This is shown slightly in the second story as one of the two men was killed and then the other had to trust the woman and make the right decision by following her rules. This is another common theme, those that listen and obey the rules will be rewarded. This is clearly shown in the story of the little boy …show more content…
The Choctaw had a story in which they describe how the earth was made. The earth is describes as floating and suspended by cords. The believed that the earth would grow old and the people would die and that the earth fall and begin anew. Once this happen the earth would be very wet and soft. The animals wanted to be free and birds were sent out to see if the land was dry. A Great Buzzard was sent to see if the land was ready. As he flew across the land he created valleys and mountains. As he flew he continued to change the landscape of the earth. Once the earth was dry the animals came to live on the land. The first sun was to close and was replaced and put farther way until it was just right. The trees then had to stay up all night and those who could not lost their leaves for a period of time out of the year. People were next to come on the earth at first it was just a brother and sister. The brother hit the woman with a fish and she began to have children. She would have children often until the earth was full and at that time it took longer to have a child so that only one child could be born a …show more content…
In the first story of creation the animals make everything and come before the people. As in the second story it is a powerful sport that is commanding all the animals to work for him. Also in the first story the way things are created is not planned or though out. The Great Buzzard makes things on accident by flying around. However, in the second story the man carefully places the earth down and then draws out where he wants rives to be placed. The actions seem more deliberate and thoughtful. The first story has little details on how the earth became or how the animals were to be. It had more details on the order of how people come to be alive. The second story describes in more details how the earth was made. There was nothing but water until the man commanded the animals to bring him
The animals raised the sun again and again, until it was high enough that all could survive. When the plants and animals first came to earth, they were told to stay awake for seven nights, as in the Cherokee medicine ceremony. Many of the animals stayed awake next few nights, but only the owl and panther and a couple of others stayed awake all seven nights. They were given the ability to see at night and so to hunt at night when the others are asleep. The same thing happened to the trees, and only the cedar, pine, spruce, holly and laurel stayed awake all seven nights, which is why they can stay green all year when the others lose their leaves.
In “How Stories Came to Earth” the little old spider had a wife, they had both talked and captured animals bigger then them. In “Coyote Steals Fire” they had also talked and played games with their hands. Both of the stories had goals they both had wanted something. “How Stories Came to Earth” Anansi had wanted the stories to share with the rest of the world. In “Coyote Steals Fire” Coyote had wanted the fire for the tribes.
Both of the stories have anthropomorphism. Anthropomorphism is when animals have human characteristics. The animals talked and also wore clothes. The protagonists were clever and smart. Master Cat tricked an ogre by eating him when he turned into a mouse and Coyote cheated in a game of dice when Thunder wasn’t looking.
For example, both of these texts share the setting of a cold climate. Plus, the men in both stories have an amazing sense of direction and know where they are going without being able to see tracks from those who have come before them. Also, the boy and dog aid the men on their quests. In Powder the father treats the boy as something to protect, but in To Build a Fire the man uses the dog as an "experiment" just to make sure that he himself didn't get cold feet. Furthermore, in Powder the man and boy aid each other and their relationship grows, whereas in To Build a Fire the relationship starts out fine then as the story progresses the man uses the dog instead of caring for him.
These stories resemble each other closely, but the stories are not exactly the same. Both stories start with a god or God warning a character of an oncoming flood. In the story of Noah’s Ark God is frustrated with mankind and is regretting ever creating them, “I will blot out from the earth the men whom I created men together with breasts, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I regret that I made them” (“Genesis 6-9” 45). While in the story of “The Voice, The Flood, and The Turtle” a god creates a great flood in order to get rid of four monsters.
The first difference would be the trickster, in the story “How Stories Came to Earth” there 's a spider, we know this when the narrator says, “It was long ago in Africa, child, when there was First Spider, Kwaku Anansi,” however in the story, “Coyote Steals Fire,” the trickster is a coyote. Next, though some of the ways that the tricksters show anthropomorphism are similar they also have different ways to show anthropomorphism. In “How Stories Came to Earth,” the spider being the trickster, has a wife, he goes to her for help to capture the four creatures, the spider says, “He first asked his wife, Aso, how he might capture Ononi,”, but in,“Coyote Steals Fire,” the coyote shows anthropomorphism by cheating, and playing games. Also, the things that the tricksters have to go through to get what they want are different. In “How Stories Came to Earth” the spider is offered a deal in return for the stories that he wants, but for the coyote in,“Coyote Steals Fire,” it was not that easy, the coyote had to risk his life to get the fire for the animals around him.
A small beetle goes to the bottom to retrieve a piece of mud. That mud, then grows into the Earth, which is suspended by ropes which are foretold to break one day. When the mud had dried the animals came down and put the sun into the sky, and were told to stay awake for seven days. Only the owl and panther and a few others stayed awake, so they were able to see in the night while the others slept. The same thing happened to the trees and that’s where evergreens come from.
Both stories are focusing on one character, who defeats monsters and saves people. Though the people being saved and the reason behind it are two totally different things. For everything similar between the two you can find something different. Whether it be
Each of them asked to be some other creature”(Welker). The personification in shown by the animals complaining, talking animals isn’t what an animal usually does and thus the story has use of personification. This shows the similarities between two creation stories by two different tribes living in the same State. The Purpose of Creation Stories is to guide and teach the people.
Not only do the people from each of these tales relate to the themes, but I can as well. First is facing catastrophe. A person is born with their life planned out for them already by God. He knows what is going to happen, and he knows what a person can handle.
One of the main similarities between these two stories is the fact that there are god(s) involved in the creation of life on earth. Even though Genesis says that there is one god and Popol Vuh says there are many, both stories are about the trial and error the gods face while trying to create humanity. The god in Genesis makes the mistake of letting Adam and Eve roam free in the Garden of Eden assuming they will not eat from the tree of knowledge. Of course, they eat from the tree, with encouragement from a serpent, and were banned from the garden. Later on in the story, “God saw the wickedness of man”(Genesis 70), and so there could be a fresh start, God decided to kill all humans, besides Noah and his ark, with a flood.
Another difference in the stories are in the way celebration is held and the reason behind it. In “Young Goodman Brown” there is a celebration; a gathering amongst the townspeople but the gathering is not for sharing happy moments rather they gather as sinners. Everyone in the gathering has sinned one way or another. While in “The Prodigal Son” the celebration involved the slicing of a calf to rejoice over the return of the prodigal son. This difference in celebration shows how difference the stories are and how celebration for goodness and celebration for evil reveal a person’s true
The stories are different through the plot and character traits. The stories contain many examples of different plots, along with completely different character traits. The two stories compared together are only similar in one way, while the differences are
The first comparison is about the structures of the events in both stories. In Chekhov’s “The Lady with the Pet Dog” the story has a beginning, middle, and end; for example, the story begins with this line, “A new person, it was said, had appeared on the esplanade: a lady with a pet dog” (Chekhov 213). This is kind of the story beginning to introduce the characters and setting for the story to get an idea. Further on in the story it goes it goes through chronological through the story till the very end.
Many people think differently about the same story, so they come up with new versions. One example of that is the Creation Story. The written story, Creation Myth: In The Beginning, is violent, while Mrs. Warren’s Verizon is interesting.