The World On The Turtle's Back Comparative Analysis

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A Comparative Analysis of the twins in “The World on the Turtle’s Back” and the brothers in the creation story from the Bible Both of the creation stories have something about brothers that are completely opposite, favored by someone, one becoming a murderer, and one wanting to help the other. In the Bible there were simply two brothers. Cain was the first born. Abel was born a few years later. Abel kept flocks and Cain worked the soil. Abel’s offerings were looked with favor by the Lord, but Cain’s were not. Out of jealousy, Cain attacked Abel and killed him. After Abel’s death Cain asked the Lord if he was his brother’s keeper. The Lord made it so Cain’s crops would not yield anything for him. However, in “The World on the Turtle’s

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