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    of Victor Frankenstein and the monster to display a contradiction to the creation story in the Bible through her novel Frankenstein. Their relationship inverts the account of creation in the Bible through the creator’s view of his creation‚ the duties of the creator to his creation‚ and who plays the role of God. In Genesis 1‚ God sees His creation and acknowledges it as very good. Contrastingly‚ Victor sees his creation as wretched and evil. In the event of creating an immortal being‚ Frankenstein

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    The creation story of the Cree Tribe shows us their belief about how all the animals and humans were created‚ and also how humans are guided to the right thing. Most beliefs and themes of creation myths can be found as the same from multiple religions and faiths. A common theme in creation stories of different cultures is the presence of a supreme being. This supreme being is present in this creation story as the creator. The creator made the earth and all that was in it. The creator existed before

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    The Creation Story The Iroquois story and the Judeo-Christian story are very similar stories but they also have very different concepts. Both stories explain how the earth was created and who it was created by. They talk about different beliefs and share their opposing thoughts about certain topics. In the story about the Iroquois it mentions that the earth was started on a turtle’s back and that there was no all-powerful God. Yet the other said that earth was created by an omniscient being called

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    China’s Creation Story In the beginning‚ the heaven and earth were still one and all was in chaos. The universe was like a big black egg‚ carrying Pan Gu inside itself. After eighteen thousand years‚ Pan Gu woke up from a long sleep. Because he felt suffocated‚ he took up a broad ax and wielded it with all his might to crack open the egg in which he is in. He formed the heavens and the cold‚ turbid matter formed the earth. Pan Gu stood between them‚ his head touching the sky‚ his feet planted on

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    Cherokee Removal

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    September 8‚ 2012 Cherokee Removal The Cherokee Removal could be said to have begun when England lost the Revolutionary War to the United States. That’s when the people of the United States felt that they could control “uncivilized” people and their land. Of course the Cherokee to those people were “uncivilized” so that meant that they could take over what rightfully belonged to the Cherokee. However‚ President George Washington and Henry Knox wanted to experiment with the Cherokee in hopes of having

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    The Cherokee Nation

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    The Cherokee Nation The Cherokee Nation is are Native American’s who according to 19th century ethnographers originated in the northern portion of the United States in the Great Lakes area’s and eventually migrated south to the Southeastern United States‚ Georgia‚ The Carolinas and Tennessee. Eventually the Cherokee’s were forced to relocate in Oklahoma (the authors home). This paper will cover the origins of the Cherokee‚ The Trail of Tears and some interesting cultural differences and rituals

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    The Cherokee people were forced out of their land because of the settler’s greed for everything and anything the land had to offer. Many Cherokee even embraced the “civilization program‚” abandoning their own beliefs so that they may be accepted by white settlers. Unfortunately for the Cherokee though‚ the settlers would never accept them as an equal citizen. A quote from historian Richard White says it very well‚ “The Cherokee are probably the most tragic instance of what could have succeeded

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    The Cherokee Removal Essay In the early nineteenth century‚ an infant America was increasing in population and expanding in the South until settlers were faced with the dilemma of the Native Americans. Anglo-Americans had two very distinct stances on how to deal with southern Indian tribes‚ particularly the Cherokee. One side was eager for land and developed the idea that Indians were both racially and culturally inferior and a hindrance to American progress‚ while on the other hand‚ some Americans

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    The Cherokee Removal

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    History 131-I3 April 1‚ 2013 The Cherokee Removal Long before the United States existed‚ the Cherokee people lived in the valleys of the rivers that drained the southern Appalachians. Within their villages the Cherokees built their towns‚ cleared their fields‚ planted their crops‚ and buried their dead. They also claimed a larger domain of land that extended into what is now known as Kentucky and Virginia. (Perdue and Green‚ pg.1) On these lands the Cherokee men would hunt deer‚ other game‚ and

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    The Cherokee Removal

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    A long time before this land was called the United States‚ the Cherokee people used to live in this land in the valleys of rivers that drained the southern Appalachians. These people made their homes‚ farmed their land‚ and buried their dead. Also these people‚ who are now called Indians claimed larger lands. They would use these for hunting deer and gathering material‚ to live off of. Later these lands were called Virginia and Kentucky. As it is mentioned in the text‚ these people had their own

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