Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Ancient Stories

Similarities/ Differences in the language used in "The Earth on Turtles Back" and the language we use on a daily basis.
Some similarities in the language from the story and from the language we use on a daily basis are

A few differences from the text in the story and today's language is for starters people don't talk like that anymore, these days it feels like everyone is focused on themselves and aren't interested in helping other while in the story the muskrat almost went unconscious just to help the sky women.
It is important for stories to be repeated word for word because some of the original meanings and points in the story might get lost if certain key words are left out or added.

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