The World on the Turtle's Back. Questions 4-7

4. In both The World on the Turtle's Back and Genesis, the story starts with two people and one commits a forbidden deed. The difference being in Genesis man is thought to be above all other life forms, and in this story, nature and animals sometimes trump man.

5. The difference between the right-handed twin and the left-handed twin is the right-handed was thought the be the boy that does good and what's right. He makes the useful animals and berries and he always tell the truth. LHT is the one who is crooked. He was always deceiving people and he made the animals that kill the helpful ones and the berries that will kill people.These qualities are seen in people everyday. Some people feel it is their duty to do good and some people feel the need to do bad. Without one, the other would now exists.

6. The Iroquois attitude toward nature is that everything needs balance. For example, if it weren't for the meat eating animals, the deer would eat all of berries, leaving none for the people. They respect their gods, but they are see them as equals. In the first paragraph it say, "Far above the unpeopled world, there was a Sky-World. Here lived gods who were like people -- like Iroquois." And also in the story the twins were also gods and they lived on earth with the people. They're thought on good and evil is that all evil isn't completely evil and all good isn't always good. For example when the brothers went to their final duel, the LHT chose a weapon that he new wouldn't harm his brother while the RHT chose a weapon that he knew would destroy his brother once and for all. And after the fight, the RHT went home and chopped his grandmothers head off.

7. These functions are fulfilled in this story because it reminds people were they came from, the twins, it explains how the earth came about, and also how they continue to live there, by planting corn, beans, and squash, and to also keep tobacco close to their hearts.