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Native American/Creation
The World on the Turtle's Back
A lady is pushed through a hole, landed on birds, who put her on a turtle, she reached land and had a baby girl, girl had twins, left twin born through armpit, twins fight, one twin day one twin night
This Newly Created World
I Have Killed the Deer -
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
By Jonathan Edwards a sermon about how God can be angry and his wrath -
Poor Richard's Almanack
Benjamin Franklin
the advice worded cool -
Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry
the speech was to rally the Virginia Convention to continue fighting for independance. "Give me liberty or give me death." -
The Crisis by Thomas Paine
It is a rally against the British. It talks about how British is evil and talks about how God will help them in rallying against the British -
Olandah Equiano
from the Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano slaves life on the slave ship and later sold -
The Autobiography of Ben Franklin
the 13 virtues -
Emerson
Self Reliance (1888) - talks about being yourself
Nature (1836) - talks the relationship between God, yourself, and Nature -
The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allen Poe
this guy went to his friends house per his request, the friend went crazy as his sister died and slowly drived the guy crazy -
The Raven - Edgar Allen Poe
A man missing his sweetheart who has died a long time ago. A raven comes knocking on the door, bringing old memories of her back -
Thoreau
Walden (1854) - he want to solitude in nature for two years to learn more about himself
Civil Disobedience (1849) - how the law can be wrong and its your duty to make sure it changes for the better. -
SnowBound - John Greenleaf Whitter
A man tellling of his day and night through a blizzard storm. He was very content. -
Crucible by Arthur Miller
Salem withch trials. John Proctor tries to help stop them, but his pride and "goodness" makes him lose his life by being hanged. Abigail Williams and a group of young girls started the chaos.