Reading notes Week 10 Part A

This weeks reading for part A was a little frustrating by the fact that the stories seemed choppy and didn't flow as smoothly as they could have. I understand that the way it was told is in part because of the culture and how they told stories but it seems repetitive when every paragraph or sentence starts with the word now. Other than that I think that the stories proved to get the messages across to the listener. I especially liked the one with the Eagle and how the hunter shot him and then the Eagles' brother came and avenged his death by killing three members of the tribe. This story would be a good one to recreate. I think there would be a good chunk of detail that I could add to beef up the story and make it a story that is even more so interesting to the reader. I'm not sure if I would put a modern day twist on this one or if I would maybe do another Alex the Reaper story. I could say that Alex was a normal person working as a Blacksmith maybe and then his brother was killed by a witch (how the blade in the first story got the power) and Alex went and hunted the witch. Once the witch was slain he meets up with a random traveler that tells him what he must do with his new found powers. I think this might be a good origin story.

Eagles that was shot in the story. 

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Bibliography: "Myths and Legends of the Great Plains" by Katharine Barry Judson. Webtext