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    What if animals could walk‚ talk‚ and problem solve like humans? Both “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Master Cat” are similar in many ways and have a few differences. They are both anthropomorphic stories with cultural significance. Along with that the way the message is conveyed and the actual type of story is different. “Master Cat” and “How Stories Came to Earth” both contain anthropomorphism‚ which is the use of animals with human characteristics as main characters. Aso‚ Anansi’s wife‚ is able

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    is that they both use “Anthropomorphism” by the animals talking and creating plans to get what they want in the stories. Anansi’s Wife gave Anansi ways to capture all the animals in the story. Both of the character qualities are kind of similar in the stories because they both are brave and cunning from capturing dangerous creatures to killing an Ogre. Anansi was brave for capturing animals that he and the readers knew were very dangerous because he was just a tiny spider against a python or a leopard

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    for it by outsmarting whomever it is going up against. In “How Stories Came to Earth‚” Anansi was not the most immense character‚ but he was able to capture Osebo the leopard by convincing him to put his paws on the sticks he planted on the outside of the hole. He was then able to wrap a string of webs around his paws and take him to the sky-god. This is a prime example‚ considering that it displays how Anansi was much more petite than the leopard‚ but he was still capable of capturing him. In “Coyote

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    Humans can be good‚ evil‚ or even both‚ and the characteristics they portray represent who they are. Throughout many cultures around the world humans have characteristic traits that are good and evil. Universally speaking good defined by Webster’s dictionary: Being positive or desirable in nature; not bad or poor. And Evil: Morally bad or wrong; wicked. Now one can say that bravery is a good characteristic for one to acquire. On the other hand‚ tricking/fooling/lying to some one is a bad characteristic

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    Cultural retention Cultural retention is the act of retaining the culture of a specific ethnic group of people‚ especially when there is reason to believe that the culture‚ through inaction‚ may be lost. Many African-American‚ European and Asian organizations have cultural retention programs in place. African retention in Trinidad and Tobago is an e.g. of cultural retention. THE SUNDAY MARKET The tradition of Sunday markets in Trinidad is a result of the agricultural knowledge

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    Philosophy In The Mass Age‚ New York: Hill and Wang‚ 1960 -Lament For A Nation‚ Ottawa: Carleton University Press‚ 1965 -Technology and Empire‚ Toronto: Anansi‚ 1969 -English Speaking Justice‚ Toronto: Anansi‚ 1974 -Technology and Justice‚ Toronto; Anansi‚ 1986 4) Taylor‚ Charles‚ Radical Tories – The Conservative Tradition in Canada‚ Toronto: Anansi‚ 1982

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    Betsabe Camarena Professor Ramirez Ethnics 101 April 16‚ 2013 The Lakota way # 2 In this assignment we required to choose four chapters from the book “The Lakota Way” by Joseph M. Marshall III‚ I decided to write my paper based on the chapters about Humility‚ Love‚ Truth and Generosity because these four qualities is what I believe to be important in life. The first chapter I choose to write about is chapter 1‚ humility‚ because it relates so much with my life. One of the Native American code

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    Hello‚ I’m Hannah. This is my freshman year of college‚ and this reflection is for my UWRT 1103 class. Overall I think that this is a successful semester. We have covered research skills‚ writing skills‚ and what encompasses the human experience. This class has also touched upon discrimination and ways to help solve those issues. I have learned how to do field research through my practicum. The best part of my practicum experience was becoming more acquainted with some of the people in my dorm. Another

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    “How Stories Came to Earth” and “Master Cat” are two compelling stories about a trickster trying to maintain a specific goal. A trickster tale is a story containing a main character who is an anthropomorphized animal that uses their wits to get what they want. Anthropomorphism is a god‚ animal‚ or object that has human characteristics. Each story has key points that have similarities to each other‚ such as the main characters or their determination to achieve a goal. However‚ some key points differentiate

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    desegregation and the equal rights was mentioned as a beacon in black history‚ Little Rock‚ Congo‚ Lumumba‚ etc‚ all aspects of foreigh history‚ but nothing of their own fight for black empowerment. The writer alludes to a day being able to tell their own Anansi stories with pride‚ where "northern eyes in the brighter world before us" would seem pale. "Muffled our laughter"‚ "willed our skins pale"‚ "lowered our voices"‚ "dekinked our hair"‚ "denied our sex in gym tunics"‚ "harnessed our voices to ..

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