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      In this article, David talks about how authors translate individual masterpieces into different kinds of languages a nd their different interpretations of them. In literature, every country has to express emotion through writing books and poetry to show their culture and values. World literature becomes a window into the world because when they translate it, they give different ideas that make some people have wrong thoughts or points of view.  In this matter, we learned from their different cultures, influencing us on our own. By gaining knowledge from world literature transferred in books, poems, stories, etc. we understand and learn more about the past/different cultures that surround us. However, people criticize other cultures and their values only because they are not the same as to them. Unfortunately, when information is being passed through these stories, books, and poems, people want to understand it in their own language rather than learning an ...

  The Popol Vuh is the story of creation. This story of Kiche from the Mayan how the world was made is similar to the Old Testament of the bible Genesis. The first time I heard and read the title of the next reading I thought, what is this all about? I was so confused from the start and it sparked my interest to learn more. The Popol Vuh was a story that was based on two twins(Hunahpu and Ixabalanque) who fought evil side by side until they gained victory. At the beginning of the story, it was said that they(the lords) tried to make humans. When they first attempted to, they made animals who would not comply with their wishes. So they decided to try to make humans with mud, which did not work because mud did not work well and it was easy to destroy. Then, they tried making humans with wood, which worked but they didn't really like how they acted due to their minds and hearts; being empty. As a result, the lords made humans through tadpoles and crocodiles, which ultimately evol...