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

Describe the Iroquois belief of how the Earth was created.

Explanation: In this quotation from "The World on Turtle's Back" we can see the description of how a woman created the Earth by placing dirt on Turtle's back and performing a ritual, which consisted in walking around the dirt in the direction of the sun and waiting to the Earth to grow to her desired size. This story is a myth about the origin of the world, and it is based in the beliefs of the Iroquois people.

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he is voicing feelings shared by all humans regardless of race.

in paul laurence dunbar's poem "we wear the mask," he replicates the words mask and we to emphasize how people in general -not just black americans- hide their true feelings. he suggests the masks cover people's faces and eyes, which are the main parts that display their emotions. he also thinks people's pain conceal behind those masks, so that they cannot see reality and nobody is able to see one another's sorrow.