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WGU D198 Task 2 Global arts and humanities |Latest
Update with Complete Solution
Skyler McCann
Professor Lisa lettau
Global arts and humanities D198
12/30/24
Task 2
Task..2
A1.Natalie..Diaz..was..born..in..the..Fort..Mojave..Indian..Villages..in..Needles,..California...She..is..a..
Mojave..and..a..part..of..the..Gila..Indian..River..community...“She..calls..attention..to..language..bo
th..in..her..poetry..and..in..her..efforts..to..preserve..her..native..tongue..through..the..Fort..Mojave..L
anguage..Recovery..Program,..where..she..works..with..its..last..remaining..speakers.”..(Poets.org,
2025)..Her..poem..was..inspired..at..least..partly..by..the..Trail..of..Tears...“They’re..not..suitable..fo
r..Indians...Remember..what..happened..last..time..some..white..god..came..floating..across..the..oce
an?”(Poetry..Foundation,..2025)..In..the..early..years..of..the..American..Republic,..white..Americ
ans,..including..George..Washington,..wanted..to..civilize..the..Indian..tribes..by..converting..them.
.to..their..customs..and..beliefs..(Christianity)...In..the..winter..of..1831,..under..the..threat..of..invasi
on..by..the..U.S...Army,..the..Choctaw..became..the..first..to..be..moved..to..the..Indian..reservation..
in..Oklahoma...Three..thousand..five..hundred..of..the..original..15000..Creeks..who..set..out..did..n
ot..survive...Their..homes..were..ransacked..by..looters..and..held..at..gunpoint..in..chains,..forced..t
o..march..hundreds..of..miles...The..state..provided..no..food..or..water,..and..it..was..a..miserable..ti
me.. . These..angles..that..are..referred..to..in..the..poem..are..just..an..innuendo..to..the..white..Amer
icans.
A2. . Her..work..shows..innovation..by..incorporating..Spanish,..English,..and..Mojave..languages..int
o..her..poems,..switching..between..them..flawlessly.. . She..uses..her..poetry..to..fight..against..insti
tutional..racism,..her..brother’s..drug..addiction,..and..environmental..destruction.. . She..uses..met
aphors,..greek..mythology,..and..rich..vocabulary..to..emphasize..the..point..of..her..poetry...Her..st
yle..is..a..sort..of..meta-
physical..mixing..of..realism...“..If..this..sounds..like..magical..realism,..it’s..only..because..“Ameri
cans..prefer..a..magical..Indian.”..She..challenges..the..reader..not..to..see..the..river-as-
body..as..a..metaphor..but..instead..to..accept..that..the..river's..fate..is..the..fate..of..all..people...“It. .
Was..the..Animals”..almost..converses..with..“When..My..Brother..Was..an..Aztec.”..It..starts..with..t
he..brother..being..conscious..and..aware..of..reality,..but..as..it..goes..on,..he..gets..lost..in..his..assum
ed..drug-filled..delusions.
WGU D198 Task 2 Global arts and humanities |Latest
Update with Complete Solution
Skyler McCann
Professor Lisa lettau
Global arts and humanities D198
12/30/24
Task 2
Task..2
A1.Natalie..Diaz..was..born..in..the..Fort..Mojave..Indian..Villages..in..Needles,..California...She..is..a..
Mojave..and..a..part..of..the..Gila..Indian..River..community...“She..calls..attention..to..language..bo
th..in..her..poetry..and..in..her..efforts..to..preserve..her..native..tongue..through..the..Fort..Mojave..L
anguage..Recovery..Program,..where..she..works..with..its..last..remaining..speakers.”..(Poets.org,
2025)..Her..poem..was..inspired..at..least..partly..by..the..Trail..of..Tears...“They’re..not..suitable..fo
r..Indians...Remember..what..happened..last..time..some..white..god..came..floating..across..the..oce
an?”(Poetry..Foundation,..2025)..In..the..early..years..of..the..American..Republic,..white..Americ
ans,..including..George..Washington,..wanted..to..civilize..the..Indian..tribes..by..converting..them.
.to..their..customs..and..beliefs..(Christianity)...In..the..winter..of..1831,..under..the..threat..of..invasi
on..by..the..U.S...Army,..the..Choctaw..became..the..first..to..be..moved..to..the..Indian..reservation..
in..Oklahoma...Three..thousand..five..hundred..of..the..original..15000..Creeks..who..set..out..did..n
ot..survive...Their..homes..were..ransacked..by..looters..and..held..at..gunpoint..in..chains,..forced..t
o..march..hundreds..of..miles...The..state..provided..no..food..or..water,..and..it..was..a..miserable..ti
me.. . These..angles..that..are..referred..to..in..the..poem..are..just..an..innuendo..to..the..white..Amer
icans.
A2. . Her..work..shows..innovation..by..incorporating..Spanish,..English,..and..Mojave..languages..int
o..her..poems,..switching..between..them..flawlessly.. . She..uses..her..poetry..to..fight..against..insti
tutional..racism,..her..brother’s..drug..addiction,..and..environmental..destruction.. . She..uses..met
aphors,..greek..mythology,..and..rich..vocabulary..to..emphasize..the..point..of..her..poetry...Her..st
yle..is..a..sort..of..meta-
physical..mixing..of..realism...“..If..this..sounds..like..magical..realism,..it’s..only..because..“Ameri
cans..prefer..a..magical..Indian.”..She..challenges..the..reader..not..to..see..the..river-as-
body..as..a..metaphor..but..instead..to..accept..that..the..river's..fate..is..the..fate..of..all..people...“It. .
Was..the..Animals”..almost..converses..with..“When..My..Brother..Was..an..Aztec.”..It..starts..with..t
he..brother..being..conscious..and..aware..of..reality,..but..as..it..goes..on,..he..gets..lost..in..his..assum
ed..drug-filled..delusions.
