Three Human Stories

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I believe that the quote, “There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they never happened before,” is true and it makes sense. I think that it is true because most stories have a similar story line and it is just told with different characters and plots. For example, in, “Buffalo Dusk,” the problem is that Buffaloes are dying and in, “Below,” the problem is that the worlds are getting destroyed. In both of those stories, the problem is closely related and I believe most stories are like that. Another example is in, “all ignorance toboggans into know,” the cycle is going up hill and good things happening, then going downhill and having problems, and in, ”On the Pulse of Morning,” the cycle …show more content…
I agree with that quote because as I said in the first paragraph, most stories have the same problem or cycle but it’s told in a different way. An example is like in, “The Helpful Badger,” the cycle is showing life because the Badgers help the humans by protecting them and the humans help the Badgers by feeding them, they are helping each other and kind of saving their lives. In, “In the Windowsill,” the cycle is also life because the flowers grow and die, they also bloom in the morning and close at night showing the life of the flowers. Just like in, “On the Pulse of Morning,” and, “all ignorance toboggans into know,” they also show a similar cycle. “Buffalo Dusk” and, “Below” have the same problem, the six stories have similar cycles and problems. In each pair they show the problem of death, they cycle of going up and down a hill, and the cycle of life. I believe the three problems and cycles are the three in every story and book. All in all, I agree with the quote, “There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they never happened before,” because their are only a few different problems and cycles in all of the stories and their just told in diverse

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