Question

Read this excerpt from "the world on turtle's back." when the girl awoke, she knew that she would bear twins. even before they were born, there was contention between the twins. there was no peace between these two brothers. when it was time for them to be born, the right-handed twin wanted to be born in the normal way. the left-handed twin saw light in the other direction and was determined to be born through his mother's mouth or nose. in his attempt to be born in the opposite direction, he killed his mother. based on this excerpt, it is reasonable to conclude that

Answer 1

This a metaphor. These two brothers represent two ways of the world which are in all people. The Indians doesn´t see them as right or wrong. They understand them as the straight mind and the crooked mind, the upright man and the devious man, the right and the left.