Reading Notes: Week 2 Anthology
The stories that I chose to take notes on and that stood out to me the most were from The Fables of Aesop by Joseph Jacobs (1894). Throughout the stories in this section, the main character that was the focus of every story was the lion. However, the lion was portrayed differently in every story. In the first story, the lion was portrayed how we typically picture a lion, being both powerful and prideful. In the second story, the lion was portrayed to be more friendly and thankful while in the third story, the lion seemed to be wise. Finally, in the fourth story of this section, the lion was portrayed to be head over heels in love. This change of the personality of the lion made it seem as if it was a different character in each story and gave us a brand-new perspective on the character every time.
These stories also seem to have a similar goal that they want to present in the story as all of the stories have an underlying message to them. The plot for each story is quite similar in that there is a brief background to what is happening until an argument or issue comes up. The main character, the lion in this case, then attempts to solve this issue and usually resolves in a way that ties the ending to the underlying message. Therefore, these different messages that the author wants to portray ends up changing the resolution of the story.
The last thing about these stories that made an impression on me was the style of writing. Compared to other stories that I read this week, I found these stories to be more simple in terms of language and slightly easier to read. In most of the stories, there also was dialogue between the characters which seemed central to really giving the lion a personality similar to a human rather than a wild beast. Overall, this style of writing is very simple and short but effective in driving home the message of the story.
These stories also seem to have a similar goal that they want to present in the story as all of the stories have an underlying message to them. The plot for each story is quite similar in that there is a brief background to what is happening until an argument or issue comes up. The main character, the lion in this case, then attempts to solve this issue and usually resolves in a way that ties the ending to the underlying message. Therefore, these different messages that the author wants to portray ends up changing the resolution of the story.
The last thing about these stories that made an impression on me was the style of writing. Compared to other stories that I read this week, I found these stories to be more simple in terms of language and slightly easier to read. In most of the stories, there also was dialogue between the characters which seemed central to really giving the lion a personality similar to a human rather than a wild beast. Overall, this style of writing is very simple and short but effective in driving home the message of the story.
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