Read this quotation from "the world on turtle's back." the woman placed the dirt on turtle's back and performed a ritual to create the earth. she walked around the dirt in the direction of the sun until the earth grew large enough. then she planted the roots from the great tree and continued her ritual to keep the earth growing. like the sun she kept moving around the earth, in the same direction the people still do in dance rituals today. the main purpose of this quotation is to emphasize the importance of rituals in everyday life. prove that animals played a major role in the creation of the earth. show why dancers move from east to west in rituals. describe the iroquois belief of how the earth was created.

The major was a little man with upturned mustaches. he had been in the war in libya and wore two wound-stripes. he said that if the thing went well he would see that i was decorated. i said i hoped it would go well but that he was too kind. i asked him if there was a big dugout where the drivers could stay and he sent a soldier to show me. i went with him and found the dugout, which was very good. the drivers were with it and i left them there. what effect does hemingway’s limited use of adjectives have? it slows down the narration by interrupting the action. it makes the few descriptive words he does use more vivid and forceful. it makes the narrator seem powerless and insincere. it prevents the readers from filling in the details with their own experiences.