Lit. Response(Iroquois Creation Story)

Chelsey Wilkins Two-page Lit. Response



The article “The Iroquois Creation Story” was a legend of our creation told by Davis Cru sick. However, the story is considered a myth because there is no evidence and it is also suggesting the supernatural which I believe isn’t possible. To begin the author of this article tried to appeal to ethos early in this article by telling the background of the story teller. Maybe the author was trying to tell us like hey he was here at the time in the town so his opinion on what really happened matters. Another way Crusick appealed to ethos was by stating that he was a Tuscarora, which completed the sixth nation of the eighteenth century. Crusick’s story contained many things about monsters as if they exist. Now the article mentioned how there was supposed one world with light at the top and the lower world is in darkness which is reasonable because no one knew the exact position of the sun yet they say a woman survived these hard turmoils while sinking to the lower part of the world which is unrealistic. The author did offer some forms of imagery by describing what the “good mind” did with his parent’s body pieces. The story suggest that our sun is made of the :good mind’s” parent’s head which once again comes out to be fictional. I don’t really think he considered his audience to be children who believe in god but maybe older students who desired to know the truth about their origin. The purpose of the article is to give our fellow Americans an idea of where they descended from, how the place we call home became this way. I personally evaluated the essay and believe it’s all a myth because there is no evidence nevertheless detailed examples or explanations. The Pima article about the origin of the world was actually believable. The author used a natural cause as a reason why the world began. Now the last article about the origin of the world didn’t really appeal to ethos at all. They stated that there was no water, no land, no sand, no grass, and no nothing at all then where did it all come from. The article mentioned a man with a crazy name: Ju-wert-a-Mah-kai I mean nice name but no one is aware of who this doctor of love is or where he came from nevertheless how he occupied the title he has. This part of the article seemed unrealistic as well because if there is nothing on earth at all what does this being eat or drink? Human beings have specific needs that require more than just food and drink which pulls the story back towards the supernatural. The story claims that earth was created out of the palms of a beings hand. I believe the author could not have been considering his audience because to me this story sounds fictional and unreasonable.