Turtles

everything changes. “The World on the Turtles Back,” was about how the Earth was created. In this story, there was a pregnant lady that fell through a hole. There were birds of the sea that swooped down to help her, and guided her to land on a turtle’s back. On the turtle’s back, she realized that while falling, she had managed to grab some roots from a sacred tree. With the help of a diving muskrat, she was able to get some dirt and planted it on the turtles back. The turtle ended up being the…

entire life alone and misunderstood. John Green has a way of stringing words together to make me feel understood and accepted regardless of who the characters are or the context under which they operate. The empathy I felt when reading John Green’s Turtles All the Way Down left me feeling recognized and comforted.…

the popular cartoon network, Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon started off with a bang. The first three cartoons shown on this network were Doug, The Ren and Stimpy Show, and the Rugrats. Along with these were animated cartoons such as; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Animaniacs, Hey Arnold, Recess, Dexter’s Laboratory, Ed, Edd and Eddy, and so on. What makes these cartoons better than those of the 2010s…

Two stories, one subject: Self-Destruction. Self-destruction refers to a dysfunction in a person’s fundamental relationship with life or a person fears that something is missing from life, and so constantly needs to have more (Prezi.com, 2018). Turtles all the Way Down by John Green and The Awakening…

Short Fiction Yertle the Turtle, How do people gain power? In this story there was a power thirsty turtle. This turtle’s name was Yertle. Yertle believed that he was the king over everything he could see. The way he achieved his power was by stacking up on his fellow turtles. Eventually the turtles on the bottom had grown tired. Next one belch from the bottom turtle had thrown Yertle right off his high throne. Now the turtles have no king and live freely. The Bet, How does money influence power…

The Tale of the Magic Drumstick Once there was a Chippewa Elder named Francis and he loved music. Music was everything to him. He even made traditional Native American musical instruments. The sound of a drumstick hitting against a hand drum would remind him of his own heart beating. Not to mention how music brings people together. So one night while Francis was sleeping. The creator sent Francis a dream of choke cherry bushes swaying in the wind and elks running through the forest. In the…

The Impact of the Wiindigoo in The Round House Louise Erdrich was born in 1954 in Little Falls, Minnesota, and identifies as Turtle Mountain Chippewa. Due to Erdrich’s Native American background, she has written many novels centered around Native American themes. Erdrich’s novel, The Round House, is told from Joe, a thirteen-year-old boy’s, point of view, showing how he copes with the event of his mother’s rape. Joe is outraged that the authorities are not doing more to help find the man…

In Erdrich’s Tracks, the novel tells a story of a Chippewa tribe that is forced to adapt to colonizers in the post-colonization state of America. Through the eyes of two distinct narrators, Nanapush and Pauline, the reader gets an inside view of the perspective of a Native-American tribe in post-colonial America. At the very beginning of the novel, Nanapush describes Native Americans dying from the spotted fever (or yellow fever) due to the colonizers bringing disease as they intermingle with…

Splinter heard as the bizarre machine rumbled. He had just ordered the Ninja Turtles to make him a son using his bionic genes. Master Splinter hoped that the machine wouldn't make a calamity. After a few hours in the lab the Ninja Turtles had finally finished the experiment. Before this happened the turtles had to steal government supplies and almost got apprehended. Master Splinter was going to be very upset if the turtles did not get the things he needed for the experiment. When the ringer…

The amazing things about turtles, salamanders, and Toads are that they have their own styles. There are similar species, and subspecies of turtles, salamanders, and toads. Also the habitats of the amphibians and reptiles are very interesting to now. When you see them, you should know them descriptor of the turtles and salamanders and also the toads to. Can’t forget the natural history of these amphibians and reptiles. We can't forget how they reproduce. Amphibians and reptiles of Monroe County…