Sunday, August 18, 2019

Reading Notes: Week 2 Anthology

The story I liked most was The Foolish, Timid Rabbit ( source: Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt.)
It reminded me of all the Stuart Little adaptations. It's also a good lesson for watching what you say, because people may just go off of it without fact-checking (politics today, anyone?).

The plot: had an obvious lesson to learn, lots of buildup and then the resolution.


Character: the two main would be the Rabbit, who shamefully thought the world was ending, and the wise lion, who took him to the beginning and proved he should've looked around without jumping to conclusions.


Action writing: I liked it with all of the various animals joining him running away from the world "ending". It painted a visual picture of more and more animals following him. 

Beginning/ending: I also liked the fact the story came full circle, it started at this tree, and circled back around to it. Starting the story with a dream, really set it to keep going.

(Image from Flickr)

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