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The Sign Of Orpah Analysis

analytical Essay
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Traditionally the bible; being a sacred text, is not a text that is often affiliated with Native people due to social location; which makes sense considering that in Genesis 11 it was said that the whole earth speaks one same language. This simply cannot be true based on the various Native tribes and the differing languages within each tribe. Laura E Donaldson; author of The Sign of Orpah: Reading Ruth Through Native Eyes, touches on the concept of social location and how it affects how you interpret sacred text. The effect of socio-economic status on a person's life and their position in our society can determine a person’s beliefs and values on life. An individual born into a family of wealth tends to be more reliant on the support of others whereas a person who is considered middle class normally supports themselves. There is a quote in the text from Rigoberta Menchú that mentions that the men of the Chimel village adopted Moses and the Exodus as a text of liberation, while the women of the village preferred the book of Judith. In the book of Judith, you find that she got the king drunk and then decapitated him, saving all the people of Bethulia from war. Most females find the book of Judith to be empowering because it is a female that shows courage and strength towards Holofernes by killing him and displaying his head to ward off the …show more content…

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  • Explains that the bible is not often affiliated with native people due to social location. laura e donaldson, author of the sign of orpah: reading ruth through native eyes, touches on the concept of socio-economic status and how it affects how you interpret sacred text.
  • Analyzes rigoberta mench's quote that the men of chimel adopted moses and the exodus as a text of liberation, while the women of the village preferred the book of judith.
  • Analyzes how thomas jefferson interprets the link between the israelites' attitude towards the moabites and christianity's attitudes towards american indians. both natives and moabite women are seen as evil and impurity.
  • Analyzes how donaldson compares ruth to a different ethnic group. doa marina played an important role in the spanish conquest of the aztec empire as an interpreter.
  • Analyzes how race, religion, and customs had a negative effect in the story of pocahontas and john smith.
  • Analyzes how donaldson connects stories of different multicultural relationships between a man and woman and compares the women and men from each story to each other. social class is mentioned in the story of ruth and boaz.
  • Explains that a person's social location can be determined by gender, race, social class, age, ability, religion, sexual orientation, and geographic location.

She connects stories of different multicultural relationships between a man and a woman, and then continues on to compare the women and men from each story to each other. Social class is also mentioned in the story of Ruth and Boaz. Boaz was very wealthy and Ruth was found in his fields taking food for Naomi and herself. Traditionally, an individual that is born into a family of wealthiness is able to take care of their loved one- which is what Boaz does for Ruth after

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