Week 11 Review

As I was going through this weeks announcements, I found this bit of information about words from Mythology really interesting! I am a big fan of Harry Potter, so it makes sense as to why J.K. Rowling decided to give Draco Malfoy the name she did!

(Draco,

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Reading Notes: A Flowering Tree, Part D

I am continuing my journey into A Flowering Tree for todays reading notes by reading stories eighteen through twenty-nine. As I mentioned in yesterday's notes, the stories can get a bit odd. In today's reading, it is nothing short of that. There are still multiple stories of people beating one another and odd attempts at incest relationships within families. Many of these stories are all tied back to a common incident where people or animals come back from the dead.

As I was reading, I really enjoyed Flute of Joy, Flute of Sorrow. I enjoyed the detail that was put into the story. You could feel how the cows and boy were feeling while reading the whole story because of how it was written. I also really enjoyed the trail that was written in The Greatest Things. It gave the story a nice comedic effect, all while actually writing a somewhat scary story about finding the thing greater than God.

As I was reading, I took notes on things that may help me write my stories for the week. Here are a few notes I came up with:

18. Dwarfs

• So weird
• Why did she call him a midget if she knew he would get angry?

19. A Flowering Tree

• So many killings
• I could write from youngest daughter's view
• I could write from wife's view

20. Flute of Joy, Flute of Sorrow

• So happy it had a good ending
• I could write about like in the palace from the cows point of view

21. Fools

• I could write from wife's view
• I could write how wife and husband actually are the biggest fools in the world

22. Jackal King

• I could write how people made fun of him since he looked different rather than praised him for being different
• I could write how the blue began to fade away

23. For Love of Kadabu

• I could write where they actually die
• I could write where they argue over something else

24. A Girl in a Picture

• I could write opposite where he didn't have everything he could ever want and when he fawned over the girl in the picture, he got everything he wished for

26. A Golden Sparrow

• I could write from the second lady's point of view

29. The Horse Gram Man

• What in the actual world

Bibliography

A Flowering Tree and Other Oral Tales from India by A.K. Ramanujan, Web Source

Photo of a flowering tree, Online Source

Reading Notes: A Flowering Tree, Part C

For this reading notes, I decided to continue reading A Flowering Tree and Other Oral Tales from India by A.K. Ramanujan. The stories in this book are very fun and I would highly suggest reading them if you get the chance! I read stories thirteen through seventeen for this set of reading notes.

Many of the stories have very odd twists and turns especially at the very end of the story. Stories thirteen and fourteen both dealt with bad family relations. In story thirteen after two daughters were born to a dog, the older one ends up killing the dog mother in fear of anyone finding out she was born to a dog. This made me so sad, however the older daughter ended up getting exactly what she deserved since she ended up being killed by a snake. In story fourteen, a husband goes away to war and his wife is infatuated with his brother. When he doesn't accept her advances, she turns him into a dog. His brother ends up returning home from war and is able to turn his brother back into a human. After this, he ends up whipping his wife. Both of these stories are so violent and it shocked me when I was reading the stories. Although in both stories the women somewhat got what they deserved, it was disturbing to read this, especially since this story book is almost aimed towards children! However, it teaches very valuable lessons!

As I was reading, I was thinking about somethings I could write about for my stories this week. Here are a few ideas:
13. A Dog's Daughters

• I could write from the view of the snake
• I could write from the view of the dog
• I could write from the view of the king/queens and what happened to their puppy children

14. A Dog's Story

• I could write where he whips his brother instead
• I could write where wife turns into dog

15. Dolls

• I could write from dolls view
• I could make the dolls even more creepy and have them kill

16. Double Double

• I could give the story more detail

17. Dumma and Dummi

• I could write where the fart doesn't scare the tiger, instead it gives them away and the tiger kills them both
• I could write where the fart actually kills the tiger and wife

Bibliography

A Flowering Tree and Other Oral Tales from India by A.K. Ramamujan, Web Source

Creepy Doll, Online Source