Reading Notes: Understanding Stories

Overall the stories in Reading B were interesting and diverse. I noticed a pattern with the way stories were told. While the story telling changed in aspects of the type of language style or the demeanor, the stories used dialogue to add more depth to the stories. There were always characters that were not honest or straight-forward with their actions but there was a good character that always brought light to the message of the story. Two of the stories that I enjoyed most were Man in the Moon, and The Tiger, The Brahman, and the Jackal. With the Man in the Moon story having a Blacksmith as a character, a hard job that many would turn away from,  and him just complaining about everything. The Wise man, who I assumed was a God of some sort, granted the mans wishes to change lifestyles until it got so old that he said no more. It reminded me of  The Boy Who Cried Wolf because it only works so many times before people get sick of the same old song. The dialogue in this story was great because it brought some emotion into the story.
The Tiger story also stood out because it had an aspect of two deceitful characters with a fool being played by both of them just in different ways. There was a lot of dialogue in this story which showed that the characters made the story, and rather than explaining the details they just fell into place. Another thing that I thought was effective was the way the story jumped from one place to another which I took as a frantic rush from the Brahman to save his own life.
Things to take away from this reading would be to pay attention to detail as well as add dialogue to my stories. Both are effective in showing images rather than just telling a story.

This photo shows that characters are given identities by detail 

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