Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Week 7 Reading Diary: African Stories (Lang)

Unit: Africa (Lang)

1.  Motikatika:  This is a pretty ridiculous story, at first I was laughing since the husband copied what his wife did to him and had her keep getting more water, but then it took a weird turn when she came across the ogre and offered her own baby's life to spare hers.  I thought that was a crappy move but then the story took an even weirder turn when the baby was a magician.
2.  Motikatika (cont.):  The moral to this story is so weird.  Motikatika's father was the one eaten and the baby magician seemed to think the whole situation was the father's fault, not the mother's for this problem.
3.  Jackal and Spring:  I like how they chose animals that would easily be eaten by the jackal to guard the well.
4.  Adventures of a Jackal:  How long is leather supposed to dry?  I wouldn't blame panther for getting mad if Jackal told him to put them on right off the bat but a couple hours could mean 2 or more.
5.  Adventures of a Jackal (cont.):  Are jackals like lizards where their tail will come right off?
6.  Adventures of a Jackal (end):  These stories have the weirdest endings, I guess the Jackal had it coming but it was odd nonetheless.
7.  Adventures of Jackal's Eldest Son:  I wouldn't want to have a friend if I lived in these stories, they seem to get betrayed as much as a Game of Thrones character.
8.  Adventures of Jackal's Eldest Son (cont.):  These stories are getting comical.  They almost have a Looney Tunes feel to them.
9.  Adventures of Younger Son of Jackal:  This had a much more sensible conclusion to it, where one of the characters weren't crushed, eaten, or killed.  It also had a punishment more fitting of the crime as well, instead of the others.

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