Review Week 14

Review

This is my last post!! I have 2 more points! WOO

My favorite picture from the announcements

I really like this picture because I love these comics. Honestly, nothing else. I love these!

Here is a link to my favorite video from the class announcements. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12&v=vWLvq0jC-c0&feature=emb_logo

It talks about a movie called Conspiracy which is about Nazis. I am drawn to things like this because my grandparents never talked about their experiences. 

Extra Reading: week 14

Homer By Andrew Ford- chapter 1

My Prayer to the Muses

• the traditional oral epic singer is not an artist, he is a seer
• singing is not what we think it is-- 3 ways to think about it
• the beginning is sacred for the greeks
• greeks classify poetry and all art by content and ethos
• muses are uniquely greek 
• poets had to learn from them <3
• the way it is uses in early greek indicates it was a technical term for the individual themes 
• epic is a continuous sacred history
• Homer the moral educator of the greeks

Story Lab: Week 14

Writers Write-  

Why Writers Should Know About Monsters Before They Write a Word

By Christopher Luke Dean

Monsters are important to so many types of writing. They keep things interesting! The article suggests looking at folklore to find inspiration for a monster. Tolkien's monsters have roots in Scandinavian stories. Then the next monsters suggest are demons and devils. The background and sources for these are provided. However, those are not all the monsters out there and he provides some other places to find other monsters. 

Hans, a monster who is not a "monster"

I chose this little piece because I never write scary stories. I never even watch them. But monsters are everywhere. A good villain makes a story. So, I thought reading this could help me come up with other ideas for stories. In my next story in my storybook, I do plan for Dante to encounter the Devil. I am nervous to have him do so. I thought reading a little bit more might help. 

Famous Last Words: Week 14

Famous Last Words

So, this week has been good and it will be good. I went home this past weekend, so I am feeling refreshed. My dad also bought me groceries so I am ready to fuel my mind this week— on something other than ramen! Now that I have healthy foods, my week is going well. I have breakfast foods now too so in my morning classes now I am not as tired.

The reading for this week I enjoyed much more than last weeks. Last weeks was all written in a poetry style and in older English so it was hard to read. Now, this week I focused on Italian stories, which is a place I have done a lot of studying about. It was nice having context of this place after going there this summer. For example in on of the stories it mentions a snake, but the Italian peninsula only has one venomous snake so I liked that I could picture exactly what it was talking about.

I am excited about this week because there will be a benefit night for College bowl- an exec I am on and have helped plan. SO if anyone reads this, on Thursday go to Qdoba on campus. It will be a lot of fun to see it become real. 

Qdoba

Reading Part B: Week 14

Italian Stories

An incident in Rome

A man was dropped into a hole and found a man there. He gave the Pope the letter the guy gave him. When he read it aloud, the man turned to stone. 

Rome

Buchettino 

Buchettino was an obedient child, and he swept the stairs and found a penny. He bought figs with it. An ogre caught him. They were going to cook him. He then escaped. 

The Cock that wanted to be Pope

A chicken wanted to be pope so he went to Rome. The hen went with him. The went in and declared their position. The sexton invited them in and then cooked them.

Reading A: Week 14

Italian Tales

Zelinda and the Monster

A man had three daughters. The youngest was the prettiest and her sisters were jealous. Their dad went on a trip and tried to get them gifts. he could not find a rose for his youngest. When he finally found it, it belonged to a monster. He had to bring Zelinda or die. Her sisters talked her into going. He became infatuated with her and tried to marry her. Once she consented he turned into a prince.

How the Devil married three sisters

The devil decided to get married. His wife was well treated but could not open one door. One day she opened it and it was an abyss. SO he decided to show her and pushed her into hell. Then he married her sister. But the same thing happened. SO he married the third sister. This sister was not caught by her flowers, so she went and got her sisters out of hell. She then talked the devil into bringing her sisters to her parent's house in a box. They caught him as the devil and he no longer wanted to get married. 

A devil cartoon

The Integrates 

A man saved a snake but it decided to still kill him. Then he started asking everything in the forest if it was ok to kill him because he saved him. The fox saved the man and had dogs eat the snake. 

Story Week 13

The Proud Toad

The Ox was roaming the field. It was a hot day so she decided to stop a get a drink at the pond. She was trying to relax and cool off. She stopped underneath a tree by the pond and decided to rest. All was good until a toad started croaking in her ear to get her attention. Startled because she thought she was alone, she asked him, "Hi, do you need something." 

The Toad responded, "Only a second of your time dear, then you'll stick by forever."

Disgusted by his confidence and overestimation of himself, she tried to deflect. She just wanted to relax at the pond, but he kept following her around the edges. "Um, what do you mean?" She finally responded when she could not lose him. 

"You're the most gorgeous thing I have ever seen. I am going to wow you so you stay here forever." He sang. 

"Oh. Are you? But I like guys who are tall, bigger, and stronger than me?" 

The Toad immediately was offended but then retorted, "Well, I can get bigger."

"Show me." She challenged him. 

With that, he puffed and puffed until his chest was full of air. The ox laughed at his attempt. "You're still too small! Try some more"

A toad with a large chest

Determined, he puffed his chest, even more, straining his skin from green to red, but he still was less than a quarter of her size. So, he tried to puff again one more time to satisfy the ox. However, this puff was too much. With the intake of air, the Toad split in half. 

Author's Note- The Proud Frog Aesops Tales

This story is loosely based on The Proud Frog. However, since it is one of Aesop's tales, it is written in a strange hard to understand rhyme. I did not want to try to replicate that, so I wrote it in much more simpler and easy to understand language. However, I kept the story relatively the same. What I did change was the details. I made the frog into a toad because toads are load and larger than frogs. It made more sense for a toad to get the ox's attention and attempt to be the same size. I also changed the circumstances the toad increases its size. I thought this situation was more relatable and more fun than a little competition- imagine a toad liking an ox!

Reading B: Week 13

Aesop's Tales

Wolves

A wolf and lamb were drinking. The wolf accused the lamb of something he didn't do. The crane told him that is was the ram. The wolf killed the crane. 

The wolf and dog were talking and the dog agrees to serve the wolf. It is what he enjoys. 

Cats and Weasels

The roman caught a weasel to catch mice in his house. He caught mice. He couldn't get them by might anymore because he was old, so he tricked him.

The Sneaky Little Weasel

Insects

The ant and the fly were fighting. 

Then the grasshopper joins in. They are fighting over women. Then the owl who wants quiet kills the grasshopper who is the loudest. 

More Frogs

The ox and the frog were having a conversation. The ox wanted to see how big the frog could get. SO the frog puffs until it could be bigger than the ox but it puffed itself until it burst into two.

Reading A: Week 13

Aesop’s Fables 

The Gods

Jupiter and Apollo have a shooting contest. Jupiter is so much bigger than Apollo he is able to hit things as far as Apollo can shoot an arrow. 

A cat falls in love with a man and has Aphrodite turns her into a person. They got married but because she was first a cat. 

More Fables about People

A stingy man would not touch any apples until they started to rot. Then his son ate the good ones because he was saving the bad ones for him.

Asses

An ass thought his life sucked so he dressed up as a lion. He thought he would be more powerful as a lion. However, he was caught by it was obvious he was an ass. 

 The ass talks with the monkey and complains about his place in his life. However, he is humbled and  decides it could be worse. 

A Cute Donkey (Ass)

Story Lab: Week 12

Writers Write

I LOVE this option. It gets me all sentimental and reflective. I usually do it after work, so it's also a great way to decompress after a very stressful day.  

43 Ways to Write about Love Amanda Patterson

This article caught my eye because lately, I have been feeling lonely. By my age, my parents were married, my roommates all have boyfriends and six months ago I broke up with my serious boyfriend. It was for the best, but there are parts of having someone and being in love I miss. I am taking the year to be single and learn about myself because I don't want to waste away my life by giving it someone else unprepared and immature. This is an important time of my life and I want it to be about me, not them. 

This doesn't mean I still don't spend time thinking about it. Because I have detached myself from it, every time I try writing a story about a relationship, it feels unauthentic. Likely, because those feelings are hard to replicate onto a screen. The first section I want to write down so I remember is don't forget about the complexity of the feeling. It is more than just romantic. It is passionate and platonic too. What I forget about a lot too is the body language involved, The most special feelings are like when someone grazes their thumb across your hand or the little touches. Or how you tend to swing your arms you are s happy--- I really like that one. 

Reading Week B: Week 12

Robin Hood

Little John a Begging

Little John went begging. He was the chief of the beggars he met. He got the good stuff. He told robin hood about it. 

Little John

The Bishop

Robin stole the gold from all of the Bishop. He cried for sympathy until an old maid gave them attention. The bishop came to the maid's house. RObin then took the bishop's horse and met little john. They stole the mantle and sold it. 

Maid Marian

She was a fine maid. She loved Robin Hood. They were forced apart, so she dressed as a page and so did robin. They fought for an hour. Then robin made a comment and they realized each other. They got drunk and got married bu little john.

Robin Hood's Death

Robin Hood and Little John were shooting for money. Robin got sick. The nurse tried to bleed RObin but he would not bleed. 

Reading A: Week 12

British and Celtic Tales: Robin Hood

The Butcher 

The butcher goes to town to sell his meat. Robin Hood offered him 4 pence. The butcher would sell his meat for cheaper than everyone else. 

Robin Hood as I will always see him

The Bold Pedlar

He was trying to sell his wares and came to little john and robin hood. He offered the boys to buy something but they didn't want to buy anything. Instead, they fought for it. Then they gave each other their names, became friends, and went to the tavern and got drunk.

Allen A Dale

There was a young man, RObin hood and little john tried to get money from him. He didn't have any. He told them about his terrible love life. They took him to the wedding of the girl of his dreams. They tried to marry him there but the bishop refused. SO they took his coat and did it themselves.