Question

hi, i need help... please?? i have read these, but i have a really bad memory and so in order to be able to do it i would have to read each over and over and over again and that will take hours... please help

1. Please describe what happens in “Hiawatha and Pearl-Feather” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
2. What happens in “By the Waters of Babylon by Stephen Vincent Benet?
3. Who is John in “By the Waters of Babylon”?
4. What happens in the story “The Great Vision”?

Answer 1

1. Megissogwon, the great Pearl-Feather, was a mighty magician. He lived in the west, guarded by fiery serpents. He sent pestilence and fever from the marshes. He had killed the father of Nokomis.

At the request of Nokomis, he traveled westward in his canoe to fight with the great Pearl-Feather. When the great fiery serpents refused to let him pass, he shot them with his arrows. He then sailed for a long time on black pitch-water till he saw the wigwam of Megissogwon.

A fierce battle ensued. Megissogwon had an impenetrable shirt of wampum. At the end of the day, the war club of Hiawatha was broken, his mittens were tattered, and only three arrows remained.

Then a woodpecker advised him to shoot at his head. With his three remaining arrows, Hiawatha hit the magician at the roots of his tuft of hair, his only vulnerable spot. Megissogwon then saw the fiery eyes of Pauguk glare upon him.

Hiawatha rewarded the woodpecker by staining his crown with the blood of the magician. The woodpecker's head is still red today.

The magician had great wealth. Hiawatha took it home and divided it among his people.

Answer 2

2. Set in a future following the destruction of industrial civilization, the story is narrated by a young man named John who is the son of a priest. The priests of John's people are inquisitive "scientists" associated with the divine. They are the only ones who can handle metal collected from the homes (called the "Dead Places") of long-dead people whom they believe to be gods. The plot follows John's self-assigned mission to get to the Place of the Gods. His father allows him to go on a spiritual journey, but does not know he is going to this forbidden place. John takes a journey through the forest for eight days, and crosses the river Ou-dis-sun. Once John gets to the Place of the Gods, he feels the energy and magic there. He sees a statue of a "god" - in point of fact, a human - that says "ASHING" on its base. He also sees a building marked "UBTREAS". After being chased by dogs and sleeping in someone's apartment, John sees a dead god. Upon viewing the visage, he has an epiphany that the gods were simply humans whose power overwhelmed good judgment. After John returns to his tribe, he speaks of the places "newyork" and "Biltmore". His father tells him not to, for sometimes too much truth is a bad thing, that it must be told little by little. The story ends with John stating his conviction that, once he becomes the head priest, "We must build again."

Answer 3

thank you. do you know about the other two?

Answer 4

Is The Great Vision by John Gneisenau Niehardt?

Answer 5

its chapter 3 of a book i know that

Answer 6

http://www.firstpeople.us/articles/Black-Elk-Speaks/Black-Elk-Speaks-The-Great-Vision.htm this is where i found the story

Answer 7

Cliffnotes has an analysis at http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/black-elk-speaks/summary-analysis/chapter-3.html

Answer 8

thank you so much :)

Answer 9

thanks :)