Time and How It Changes
Time & How Quickly it Changes or Does it? Times they are a changing, aren't they? In reading the stories entitled, "Iroquois Creation Story," by John Norton and "The Origin of the Creek Confederacy" by Chekilli in the book entitled, "The World Turned Upside Down: Indian Voices from Early America," by Colin G. Calloway, I have come to understand the ways of life in the early 1800's and the mid 1700's. Things seemed to be so different back then, but were they really? Did the people still have the same kinds of morals and values as people do now? Did they really live their lives that much differently than we do now? I have come to see that things really are not that different. It seems that these two stories are quite similar in the way the characters act, speak, and feel. They way they do these things are the almost the same way that we go about doing things now. The two brothers in the first story appear to be rivals: Good
we just go about it in different ways now. In the "Iroquois Creation Story", the author discusses a "Great Spirit" (Calloway, 23) and because of the fact that she had become pregnant by an illicit conception that she must be thrown in a cavity in which a tree was formerly located. They are very similar to people now in many ways, but, yes, they also have their differences as do many people. The good brother has such high morals and he shows them by freeing the animals. They appear to believe in some higher power and that idea consumes very much of people's time today. That is what makes the world go around. In turn, yes, time has changed, but to what extent? Many things are still the same but some are different. Another example is in the story, "Origin of the Creek Confederacy," in which the four tribes go to war against each other to determine which was the oldest. They seem to know what they need and what they need to do to get it. They had a contest to elect the eldest tribe and refer to them as the leaders. We see this everyday and will continue to see this throughout our lifetime. Overall, I believe that the Indian people are very smart and civilized at times.
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