Myth-Folklore

Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang:  Link to Story Here I can tell how the cartoon derived from this story. It has small similarities. In this story, there are two genies, one from the lamp and one from the ring. The ring was given to him when he went into the cave to retrieve the lamp for his "Uncle." Aladdin's father, Mustafa, died and Aladdin did not know he had any living family members left, so when a man came to him and told him that he was his long lost uncle, Aladdin believed him. Aladdin was easily fooled by others. His "Uncle" was a magician, but when Aladdin came back with the lamp, his uncle left, which showed Aladdin that he was not his true uncle. This reminds me of a shallow female who dates a man just to get monetary items from him or free food, which could possibly be something that I could include in my story. Aladdin asked the genie to build his new wife, Sultan's daughter, a castle built to fit such a beautiful woman. This reminded me of ...

When I picked Arabian Nights, it was not at all what I imagined. I enjoyed the dramatic and twisted version. Sultan Schahriar is the first character this story focuses on and so far, he is my favorite, not because I believe in what he is doing because of one woman, but because I like the drama in his life. I could easily make this more modern.  I like how it described the town and I could do something with that in my own version.  I could also write a story from the perspective of the fathers whom daughters were killed. I could make it a revenge story just from someone else’s view.  Scheherazade is a strong woman and I like her. She is intelligent and brave. With all the storytelling that has a story within another story, I could instead make Scheherazade kill him, which could save time and would still accomplish the same task.  Schherazade Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang:  Link to Story Here

I took keyboarding in eighth grade and we always played a game called Typer Shark. Although I am looking at it now and it is not free anymore like it was then. That was 2005 though. I would say that is my favorite typing game.  Link here.  Ninja Cat was fun too. It made me anxious as the levels went on just like Typer Shark does. It was a little difficult to read all of the letters or words when they fell down at me.  Link here .  Typing Orchestra  was another one of the games I tried on the website. The only thing I really liked about it was the music. The game doesn't really test your typing as much as it does timing. It is similar to Guitar Hero, but a lot worse. I would like to improve my typing skills just like any other task. I don't think it will ever be mastered, if that is even possible.

I am currently using Twitter, but not as much as I used to. I joined a long time ago so I could chat with my gamer friends and people from my first college. I did create a new account for this assignment. I am not sure what embarrassing tweets that could come up if I used my main account. I also want to do the tech tips for twitter in the future because I am familiar with it. Twitter was a place where I could keep in touch with people who do not live near me and it updates me on their lives just like Facebook. Twitter tends to be a little more personal for many people. It can be a place to vent and not feel ashamed of it. I usually don't have Facebook friends on Twitter.

This is All I Know

I enjoyed part A of the fables more than I did the latter. The first half had a little bit longer stories with more substance. Reading part B is like reading short stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul . They all have some lesson to learn from them, but each one doesn't exactly connect to the rest. It is hard to stay focused. The main notes that I took from these stories were the ending sentence that explains the lesson that was taught in the fable. I have not heard of some of them and with the others, I have heard them in other forms. “You may be a treasure to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls.” This is a quote from one of the fables in the Birds, Part 2 section. I found this interesting because I have never heard it phrased in this way. “Never believe a captive’s promise; that’s one thing. Then again: Keep what you have. And third piece of advice is: Sorrow not over what is lost forever.” “We often give our enemi...

The Lion and the Statue Aesop's Fables by Joseph Jacobs:  click link This is one of the more interesting stories I have read so far. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I liked that you could learn a life lesson with each story. Each fable could be compared to everyday life, so it always stays relevant. For one of my ideas for the storytelling assignment, I would like to have the characters be human in costumes. For the Lion, I was thinking he could be Edward Scissorhands, because he gets his claws trimmed for love and gets some teeth pulled. The teeth part isn’t as relevant as the claws. Other than the Lion, it should be like a masquerade with life lessons that could be relevant today. I am not sure how I will stay true to the story with all the crazy ideas, but I think I am able to do this. It will have a sinister type twist to an already messed up collection of fables. The fable with the Lion in the cave, a few of the fox fables, and the arena story in Lions part 2 are a fe...