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. 

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.