By Iyad Sabir
Green Grass Running Water
Biblical References
By Iyad Sabir
In the book Green Grass Running Water Thomas king brings up many references about Christianity and the bible and some are a kind of way to poke at their beliefs such as.
“So Old Woman is floating in the water. And she looks around. And she sees a man. Young man. A young man walking on water.” (349) This brings up Young man walking on water which is clearly referring to Jesus Christ who in the bible was also able to walk on water. It also brings up a part where Young man tells Old lady about some so called rules to follow. This was used to show how Old Woman ends up in Fort Marion with Old Indians who are trying to fix the world.
“Get back men,” shouted Wayne, and he began firing at the Indians. Widmark pulled both guns and began firing from the hip. The soldiers ran back to their logs and holes and rocks, shooting as they went. But as Lionel and
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"Who are those other people walking out the gate with the Lone Ranger?" "We'll meet them later." "But what happens to Adam?" "Who cares." This happens at the end of the first creation story, when First Woman walks out of the prison having assumed the identity of the Lone Ranger, and meets up with the other elderly Indians. Here, Coyote's confusion reflects the confusion the reader is likely to be feeling. Coyote doesn't understand how the stories have fused together, or where the other characters have come from. What Coyote and the reader do not yet know is that the other creation stories, featuring the other elders, will all end up with them in Florida as well. This quotation reflects how stories can operate in cyclical and interconnected ways rather than as separate and linear narratives. It also shows how quickly figures like Coyote (and the reader) get used to assuming that there is a right way and a wrong way of doing things, and become disoriented when things are different from what they are