Native American Reflection!

Okay, so I tried to connect to everyone but I am not sure if I did it right. I'm crossing my fingers I did.....

This past week in class we have been reading about Native American myths. I did not realize the thought that went into how the Native Americans saw the world and how certain events happen.

I thought the story, "The World on Turtle's Back," was very interesting. The way the Native Americans explained how the world came to grow on a turtle's back was interesting. A woman fell from the Sky World and planted some dirt on a turtle's back. She kept walking around the soil to make the earth grow. The sky woman's daughter had twins. I found it very interesting how the Natives explained what the twins represented: good and bad. The right hand twin represented the day, truth, and the good in people while the left hand twin represented the night, lying, and the bad in people. The twins always fought with each other. Today people always fight with themselves about telling the truth or lying instead. There is always an internal struggle on what to do. Sometimes people might want to lie so they do not hurt someone's feelings by telling the truth. I struggle at times in life on which one to do. Everyone does at some point in their life. The way this story explains the struggle between the "twins" (good and bad)  accurately shows how the struggle happens in a person's everyday life.