Comments by Kaleb Arnold Most recent public comments by Kaleb Arnold https://nowcomment.com/users/23763 Wouldn't it alarm Tom that this strange man has red eyes? Nobody has red eyes! Not even his wife! https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587728 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587728 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 07:50:02 -0700 Tom is quite the interesting person. He doesn't like his wife and isn't even sad or a bit displeased when he finds that he is dead. He is instead grateful. Tom is an individual with some messed up morals. https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587727 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587727 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 07:49:10 -0700 Not only is Tom greedy, he seems to be wasteful. He built a house that he hardly uses, has a fancy, beat up carriage, and starves his horses, even though he probably has enough money to feed them, showing he is cruel as well. https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587726 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587726 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 07:44:00 -0700 Does Tom still have the finger burn on his forehead? If so, I find it odd that people would borrow money from him. https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587725 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587725 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 07:40:34 -0700 Indirect Characterization https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587724 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587724 "He leaped with joy, for he recognized his wife's apron, and supposed it to contain the household valuables" "'Let us get hold of the property,' said he, consolingly to himself, 'and we will endeavor to do without the woman.'" This shows that Tom just want the silver and could care less about whether his wife was dead or not. He didn't like his wife at all and is greedy. Thu, 06 Oct 2016 07:37:52 -0700 Indirect Characterization https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587723 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587723 "'Charity begins at home,' replied Tom, 'I must take care of myself in these hard times.'" This shows that Tom is greedy and without compassion. Thu, 06 Oct 2016 07:31:42 -0700 Direct Characterization https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587720 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587720 "To this no objections were made, for it was just to Tom's taste." The author shows that Tom is a greedy person. Thu, 06 Oct 2016 06:53:49 -0700 Direct Characterization https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587718 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587718 "Tom consoled himself for the loss of his property with the loss of his wife; for he was a man of fortitude." The author describes what kind of man Tom is. Thu, 06 Oct 2016 06:51:14 -0700 Propitiate (verb)- win or regain the favor of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them. https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587716 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587716 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 06:46:04 -0700 Sterility (noun) - the quality or condition of being sterile. https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587714 https://nowcomment.com/documents/61764?scroll_to=587714 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 06:39:35 -0700 The first difference that really pops out at me is the United States Constitution is much longer and more complex that the Iroquois constitution. Another difference would be the ability for the US to raise and support an army and navy. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573129 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573129 Both the United States and Iroquois constitutions are able to pass rules regarding the welfare and stability of their respected nations. Also, both the United States Congress and the Five Nations Confederate Council are separated into two different groups in each decision, with the Iroquois being split into two groups of three and one group of one and congress split into one group of three bodies and one group of individuals. Wed, 08 Aug 2018 15:34:20 -0700 By establishing their constitution, the Iroquois ceased conflict among the five nations and gained allies to defend themselves from groups outside the constitution. The only disadvantage I see is that some groups appear to have more power than others. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573121 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573121 Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:39:49 -0700 The tree could also symbolize the connections with other nations. As the Great Tree grows, it will encounter other trees that could metaphorically connect with the roots of the Great Tree, simultaneously strengthening the Great Tree and lesser tree. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573118 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573118 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 08:00:48 -0700 The Tree of the Great peace could symbolize the starting and continual growth and strengthening of the Iroquois league into a strong, sturdy nation with far reaching roots, or influences. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573117 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573117 Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:16:24 -0700 A confederation is a group of nations, groups, or states united toward a common goal or ideal but with remaining individual freedom. The US is not a confederation. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573115 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573115 The way I like to think of federations and confederation is that a federation is a group of individual states with a lesser, collective government, and a confederation is a group of individual states with a greater, collective power. The government has less power in a confederation and more in a federation, and states have more power in confederation and less in a federation. Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:14:28 -0700 A globe thistle is a thistle with a round flower, similar to a globe, that ranges in color anywhere from white, to blue, to gray, to purple. I think it is safe to assume the flowers are used as seats since the leaves are very sharp and poky. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573083 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573083 Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:07:00 -0700 I find this to be a lot like the European Union. There are a set group of nations that founded it who allow others to join if they abide by the rules and have good intentions. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573068 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573068 Wed, 08 Aug 2018 15:34:20 -0700 Dekanawidah seems to be giving himself a lot of power by making it so decisions cannot be made without the Mohawk's approval. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573066 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573066 Mon, 12 Sep 2016 12:01:33 -0700 Why is the Mohawk tribe's importance seems to be so much greater than the other tribes? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573064 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573064 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 23:29:52 -0700 Does the Onondaga Nation have some sort of particular spiritual or political importance for the Tree of the Great Peace to be planted in their territory? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573063 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59727?scroll_to=573063 Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:59:12 -0700 The value of viewing of the wind as the life giver and supporter is present in this culture. The wind gave the first people life and keeps them alive. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567665 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567665 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 06:28:18 -0700 This passage is about the creation of the first man and woman by the four gods, the Mirage people, and the wind. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567664 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567664 The people wash and hear the gods coming. The gods lay objects on the ground, the Mirage people walk around it, and the wind blows through. In place of the objects is the first man and woman. Wed, 07 Sep 2016 06:26:17 -0700 By showing the wind as giving and sustaining life in the first man and woman, the passage convinces people that the Native Americans view the wind as one of their creators and their life supporter. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567663 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567663 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 06:23:53 -0700 The custom of washing every twelve days is shown in this culture. I wonder what its significance is? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567662 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567662 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 06:17:01 -0700 I would think the gods wouldn't need mirage people to walk around the items on the ground to create life. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567661 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567661 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 06:15:45 -0700 I would think that they would have something more sturdy and comfortable like logs or buckskin or clay rather than just sticks for a house. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567660 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567660 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 06:13:28 -0700 The wind in this story, and likely all the other stories, represents life and is seemingly involved in the creation of life and the world. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567659 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567659 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 06:11:29 -0700 What are these people doing here if they haven't been created yet? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567658 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567658 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 06:10:03 -0700 Brushwood is a bunch of small sticks. The first man and woman live in a house of sticks. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567657 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567657 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 06:09:31 -0700 Stead means to be where something else should be or replace in this sense. The man and woman had replaced the corn. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567656 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567656 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 06:08:27 -0700 What does Yellow Body have to do with the event? He is only mentioned once to name the gods. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567655 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59725?scroll_to=567655 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 06:03:39 -0700 Through this story, I can see the value of honoring elders or ancestors since the Indians wouldn't kill grizzly bear around Mt. Shasta and the Sky Spirit became angry when a new race was created not by him. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=567653 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=567653 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 05:58:09 -0700 By showing through the legend that grizzlies are the ancestors and relatives of the Indians and that the Indians would never kill a grizzly bear near the place they were created, the story shows the value of respecting elders. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=567652 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=567652 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 05:53:58 -0700 This story is about the creation of the Indians. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=567306 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=567306 The Chief of the Sky Spirits got of the Above World because it was cold so he made moved all of the snow below to the earth through a hole, creating Mount Shasta. He then took his walking stick, broke it into pieces which turned into animals. One the animals was the bear that could walk and talk like people. The Sky Spirit put them in the woods. The Sky Spirit then built a lodge in the mountain and brought his family there. One night the Wind Spirit was blowing extra hard and the Sky Spirit told his daughter to tell the Wind Spirit to take it down a notch but not to go outside the lodge because she might get blown away. The daughter climbed to the top of the lodge and peeked her head out to see the ocean and was blown away. She was adopted by a family of grizzlies, married one, and had bear people kids. The grandmother grizzly wanted to apologize to the Sky Spirit for keeping his daughter before she died. The Sky Spirit came to the bears, killed the grandmother with a frown, cursed the bears not to talk and walk on four legs, and took his daughter back to the Above World where they remained ever since. The bear people children became the first Indians. Wed, 07 Sep 2016 05:55:54 -0700 The values of balance of good and evil are present in this culture. The two are necessary to keep the world in working order. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=567298 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=567298 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:55:25 -0700 This passage is about the creation of the world by a pregnant woman with the roots of the Great Tree and some animals that started on the back of a turtle. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=567296 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=567296 In the Sky World a woman was pregnant and wanted to eat some of the bark from the Great Tree, which was not to be disturbed. Her husband dug out some roots and made a hole to the sky. He refused to bring his wife back the bark. She went to go get it herself and fell through the hole to the earth with some the roots of the Great Tree. The entire world was covered with water. The birds tried to dive for dirt for the roots to grow in and failed, but the muskrat succeeded. The woman planted the roots on the back of a turtle. She then gave birth to a daughter who also became pregnant. The daughter gave birth to two sons: the right-handed twin, born normally, and the left-handed twin, born through the left armpit which killed their mother. The two brother continually sought to outwit each other by creating different plants and animals until the right-handed brother succeeded in killed the left-handed brother. His grandmother accused him of murder and the right-handed twin cut her head off and threw it into the sky, making the moon. The right-handed brother now lives in the Sky world and the left-hand brother dwells on the earth. Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:54:03 -0700 By showing how the two forces of the world, the good right-handed twin and the bad left-handed twin, balance each other out, the legend convinces people that both are equally necessary to maintain order in the world. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=567292 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=567292 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 16:43:58 -0700 In this context, stern means harsh disapproval. The Sky Spirit's frown was so harsh it killed the grandmother bear (that's pretty harsh if you ask me). https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566535 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566535 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:22:24 -0700 Scrubby can mean either small and scraggly or covered with bushes. In this case, it means small, scraggly trees since they would have little water or air being at such a high altitude. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566532 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566532 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:19:32 -0700 I think the Sky Spirit should have at least be grateful towards the bears for keeping his daughter alive. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566529 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566529 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 05:54:50 -0700 Why didn't the Sky Spirit just go talk to the Wind Spirit himself? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566523 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566523 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:14:11 -0700 It seems a bit harsh for the Sky Spirit to kill the grandmother, even if it was with just a frown, since she wasn't the one who created the new race. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566509 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566509 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:12:07 -0700 Never mind, I think it's supposed to be land. My bad. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566487 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566487 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:09:34 -0700 It would seem that grizzlies near Mount Shasta are highly valued in this culture due to the belief that the ancestors of the Indians were half bear. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566468 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566468 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 05:54:12 -0700 Laud means praise when I looked up the definition. I am not exactly sure what it means in this context and I couldn't find anything when I looked it up. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566453 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566453 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:09:34 -0700 Do only certain groups of Indians in that area believe their ancestors came from half grizzlies, or did all the Indians in that area believe it? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566275 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566275 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 05:55:11 -0700 These half-human-half-bear people sound like Bigfoot to me. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566274 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59724?scroll_to=566274 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 14:11:26 -0700 I find it odd that the left-handed twin made plants for medicine as well as poisonous plants. The rest of the story makes it sound like the left-handed twin is sort of evil. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566254 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566254 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 08:23:49 -0700 In my opinion, I wouldn't call someone who murdered his brother and grandmother "... innocent, straightforward, straight-growing." Murder is rather crooked. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566238 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566238 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 08:17:39 -0700 I wonder why they chose to ignore what was going on? Perhaps they saw this as punishment for what the woman had done? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566237 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566237 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 08:15:30 -0700 Why was the tree so sacred? What was the purpose of it not being bothered? https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566236 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566236 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 08:14:18 -0700 Devious can mean using sneaky, roundabout methods to reach an end. The left-handed twin often used dirty tactics to keep even and thwart this brother. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566235 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566235 For example, he continued to create animals that would eat his brothers creations, even though the right-handed brother tried to make animals that could not be eaten. Tue, 06 Sep 2016 08:11:58 -0700 The word sharp can mean coming to a point, meaning their conflict was nearing a climax or becoming more and more intense. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566233 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566233 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 08:04:42 -0700 This sound a lot like the Garden of Eden in the Biblical book of Genesis. She wanted the bark from the tree, just like Eve wanted the fruit. Both the man and Adam were foolish enough to agree. https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566213 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566213 After reading through the passage, it seems like a twisted version of beginning of the book of Genesis. Tue, 06 Sep 2016 07:47:36 -0700 This reminds me of the movie Interstellar when Mathew McConnaughey steps onto a planet that is a massive ocean, except there were no birds or fish. There were people awaiting in the spacecraft above, similar to the "Sky World." https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566135 https://nowcomment.com/documents/59723?scroll_to=566135 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 14:55:31 -0700 Paraphrasing is taking someone else's work, and putting it into your own words without using more than two of the same words as they appear in the original. Quoting is putting the original idea directly into quotation marks and then citing. https://nowcomment.com/documents/57213?scroll_to=559268 https://nowcomment.com/documents/57213?scroll_to=559268 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:45:03 -0700 I have done this before when I was younger (not realizing it was plagiarism of course). https://nowcomment.com/documents/57213?scroll_to=559247 https://nowcomment.com/documents/57213?scroll_to=559247 Say I found an article that said, "Mushrooms are bad for you so you shouldn't eat them." I though it was a good point and restated it in an assignment but said, "Toad stools are unhealthy for you so you should not consume them." This would be an example of mosaic plagiarism. Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:36:34 -0700