Now It Is My Turn To Stand: Defining Yourself Through Land, Oral Tradition and Language

How to define yourself Is it through land, verbal tradition, or words? If you want to ask Simon Ortiz, a prominent American American writer, he will answer all of the above questions to some extent. While agreeing to Ortiz, Kieu also showed himself through these three factors. "They are all connected in some way," she said. Although the background of the two writers is completely different, one is Native American and the other is Chinese - Vietnamese American, but they have the same feelings about identity. Tradition and language

There are hundreds of American Indian countries with their own language and culture. But what they share is a rich oral tradition. In other words, their stories are inherited from generation to generation. A story transmitted through the oral tradition of Native American is a way to record the history, culture and belief of each country. Furthermore, the environment and problems faced by each country will also affect the stories the tribe told. For example, the famous story of the Iroquo tribe, the story of New York today tells us that owls got wisdom and strange appearance by making Everything-Maker angry in the process of creating all animals. Thanks to the integration with Everything - Maker, Owl got his wisdom, but all the price was a beautiful physical function he wanted. Also, since Everything-Maker is angry with an owl, the owl only hides when Everything-Maker is asleep.

Oral tradition conveys cultural wisdom and value from one generation to another through verbal stories. Unlike written communication, verbal tradition inevitably involves contact between humans and humans. So it's about definition, community, and execution. Oral tradition is nearly in the early stages of every language system, but still remarkable in the culture of Native American and Chicano. Postmodernism A philosophical and social historical movement that challenges the main story of progressive enlightenment and positivism tradition. At the beginning of the 20th century, linguists and philosophers are wondering whether the language may truly reflect the reality or is there a fundamental, absolute or transcendental claim of truth about the world We raised the question.