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  The only book I read What I've read in 2020: In 2020, I managed to read only one book that I can recall, that book was the Popol Vuh by Allen J. Christenson. Christenson, Allen J. Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya . This book is a translation of a sacred Maya text. This book goes over what the Maya believe is the creation of earth, life, and the Gods they believe in. For this class, the theme that I choose was "What roles men and women play?". Instead of working with a group, I decided to do the project on my own. Closer to do the due date, I kind of regretted not being in a group because I actually had to do all of the work. I didn't really like much of the project, I think trying to involve arts, ideas, skills, and institutions was difficult for me to do. I think I could have done better had I taken more time than just two days worth of work. Here is a hyperlink to my project . Thinking back to my first week in this humanities course, I expected to learn much...

The Book of the Maya For this blog post, I finished reading the book the Popol Vuh, the book in the image to the left. This is a translated book from original Maya text by Allen J. Christenson. This book is about how the Maya believe the world and everything came to be, everything from Gods to the first animals and the first people to exist. The book begins by stating "We shall begin to tell the ancient stories of the beginning, the origin of all that was done in the citadel of Quiche..." (Christenson 59). Quiche referring to the land, the nation, the capital city, and the people themselves.  There are a lot of key characters in this story that help bring understanding to this book. But of the most important characters talked about in this text is a set of twins that are called "The Hero Twins". These twins names are Hunahpu and Xbalanque. These twins are heroes because they seek to protect all. Referring to the twins the book states "They were simply gods. As ...