Essay: Week 3 Readings

I'm still not sure how I feel about this week’s reading. I wasn't as interested this week as I was last week. I did have fun combining this week's story to my week one story. I daydream a lot so it wasn't hard to morph it into a "chapter two" from the original. I hope I can keep finding different stories throughout the semester to maybe do three or four more "chapters" in these connected stories.

Like I've said before, I'm into the scary folklore type of writing so this unit really didn't keep my attention all that well. I hope to spend more time with the UnTextbook to really find those scary, creepy stories that I really like.

I must say though that I liked all the different elements to some classic stories I grew up reading. I don't ever remember reading about a giant on a unicorn when Noah loaded up the arch so that was fun. I also just love learning about different cultures and seeing how many similarities we all have with one another. It is very fascinating. 

I really enjoy how different cultures also try to teach virtues and values to people through stories. Each culture has their own way of showing how to be nice to one another, or always doing the right thing. I also like seeing how people think different things came to be. This week I was able to see why some people think cats and dogs don't get along. It's very fascinating how all these old stories still can play a big part in our modern culture. 

After this week, I have realized I need to definitely work ahead. It is such a different dynamic than what I normally used to. I also want to have more time when I write my stories to really let my imagination run wild and have a solid storyline. 

Noah's Ark