As for how I have commented on others posts, I think I have done a decent job. I could probably take a little more time in forming my thoughts before typing them out however. Some of my comments get a little word-vomit-like. I think the content of the comments is good, the phrasing could just be better.
Showing posts with label Week 5. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Week 5. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Thoughts About Comments
Looking over the comments I have received, I realized that while I love getting praise I also really appreciate constructive criticism. I like knowing how to make my story better, but I also appreciate the criticism phrased as a suggestion as it makes the decision to change or not my own. I do not think I would respond well to outright criticism, but these gentle suggestions help me be a better writer and shows that the reader was invested enough in my story to have suggestions to give.
Monday, February 15, 2016
Week 5 Reading Diary, Continued: Turkish Fairy Tales
Here are my thoughts on the second half of the Turkish Fairy Tales unit with readings from Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales by Ignacz Kunos.
Patience-Stone and Patience-Knife: I really enjoyed this story. I am not positive what aspect of the story really got me, but I just generally liked it. I am glad the Bey realized his mistake and righted it.
The Imp of the Well: This story was hilarious but it almost felt wrong to laugh at it! I am not sure whether to feel bad for the terrible wife or glad for the husband. The Imp would be an interesting character to write a new story about.
The Soothsayer: This story uses an interesting mix of trickery and blessings from Allah. I found the mixture fascinating in the moral conundrum it conjured in my mind. Was the trickery right? It seemed to be based on the fact that Allah helped the man continue the trickery.
The Wizard and his Pupil: While I enjoyed the story, I am again off put by the lack of morality in the story. It seems that the boy does nothing good and yet gets all the rewards while the wizard ends up dead. Very odd but very enjoyable fairy tales thus far in the unit.
The Liver: I really love this story and those like it. While most people that read this may think of the story of the spider, I think of an entirely different story. My family celebrates Passover, and every year at the end we sing a song that starts out with a father buying a kid (goat) for two zuzim. The story follows a path of biting, beating, eating, etc. all the way to an Angel of the Lord. I love that song and I love that this story reminded me of it.
Madjun: I continue to be astounded by the fact that these youths bear no consequences for their actions. The youth is a complete bum but gets the princess because he demands it and happens upon a wizard. It is so odd. Maybe there is just something I am not seeing.
Kunterbunt: Ah! I love this one! I was entirely confused the whole story about what was going on until the very end. When the narrator said it was a dream I nearly laughed out loud because the way the story was written is exactly how dreams go. They jump around and make no sense and yet when you are in them you think they are the real story. I really love this concept.
Patience-Stone and Patience-Knife: I really enjoyed this story. I am not positive what aspect of the story really got me, but I just generally liked it. I am glad the Bey realized his mistake and righted it.
The Imp of the Well: This story was hilarious but it almost felt wrong to laugh at it! I am not sure whether to feel bad for the terrible wife or glad for the husband. The Imp would be an interesting character to write a new story about.
The Soothsayer: This story uses an interesting mix of trickery and blessings from Allah. I found the mixture fascinating in the moral conundrum it conjured in my mind. Was the trickery right? It seemed to be based on the fact that Allah helped the man continue the trickery.
The Wizard and his Pupil: While I enjoyed the story, I am again off put by the lack of morality in the story. It seems that the boy does nothing good and yet gets all the rewards while the wizard ends up dead. Very odd but very enjoyable fairy tales thus far in the unit.
The Liver: I really love this story and those like it. While most people that read this may think of the story of the spider, I think of an entirely different story. My family celebrates Passover, and every year at the end we sing a song that starts out with a father buying a kid (goat) for two zuzim. The story follows a path of biting, beating, eating, etc. all the way to an Angel of the Lord. I love that song and I love that this story reminded me of it.
The stork stealing the liver
Madjun: I continue to be astounded by the fact that these youths bear no consequences for their actions. The youth is a complete bum but gets the princess because he demands it and happens upon a wizard. It is so odd. Maybe there is just something I am not seeing.
Kunterbunt: Ah! I love this one! I was entirely confused the whole story about what was going on until the very end. When the narrator said it was a dream I nearly laughed out loud because the way the story was written is exactly how dreams go. They jump around and make no sense and yet when you are in them you think they are the real story. I really love this concept.
Week 5 Reading Diary: Turkish Fairy Tales
For week 5 I am reading a compilation of Turkish fairy tales from Ignacz Kunos's Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales. Here are my thoughts on the first half of the reading.
Fear: This story was somehow sweet, creepy, and silly all at once. I love the innocence and levelheadedness of the youth and that though going through so many situations unafraid, in the end a simple sparrow startled him.
The Wizard Dervish: This was a really odd story. I like the creativeness of the maiden, but the story is a bit nonsensical and non sequitur in nature. It would be interesting to have some back story to why the dervish married the boy to the maiden without informing the mother. I would also like to know why the maiden helped the youth.
The Fish-Peri: I found this story entertaining but odd. There were never consequences for the youth messing up though I kept expecting there to be. It really confused me. I was left questioning why this story was created. I did, however, find the idea of a newborn slapping a man extremely funny and ridiculous.
The Crow-Peri: This story was entertaining and I appreciated that it had a moral to it. I had trouble finding any moral in the last story and honestly the story before that, so it was refreshing to have a more obvious moral again. I wonder if this was relieving only because I am so used to more western fairy tales which are riddled with morals and consequences.
Fear: This story was somehow sweet, creepy, and silly all at once. I love the innocence and levelheadedness of the youth and that though going through so many situations unafraid, in the end a simple sparrow startled him.
The Wizard Dervish: This was a really odd story. I like the creativeness of the maiden, but the story is a bit nonsensical and non sequitur in nature. It would be interesting to have some back story to why the dervish married the boy to the maiden without informing the mother. I would also like to know why the maiden helped the youth.
The Fish-Peri: I found this story entertaining but odd. There were never consequences for the youth messing up though I kept expecting there to be. It really confused me. I was left questioning why this story was created. I did, however, find the idea of a newborn slapping a man extremely funny and ridiculous.
The newborn baby slapping the Padishah
The Crow-Peri: This story was entertaining and I appreciated that it had a moral to it. I had trouble finding any moral in the last story and honestly the story before that, so it was refreshing to have a more obvious moral again. I wonder if this was relieving only because I am so used to more western fairy tales which are riddled with morals and consequences.
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