Review for Week 11

My favorite item form the announcements was this image below of http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current. I love cats and this pictures just made me laugh. I love cat memes.

Famous Last Words for Week 11

My readings this week went well except for the fact that I got during the week and could not finish it. Because of this I only did the half-reading option. Despite it, I still found a couple of stories that I really liked. One of them was “The Gifts of the Sun.” This story was about a husband and wife that receives a gift from the sun. One day while the husband was shooting arrows and his wife was helping retrieve them the sun was really shining on them. It was so hot the wife complained that she could no longer get the arrows for her husband. This encouraged the husband to pray to the sun. In response the sun gave the wife and husband a pair of slippers and parasol. The parasol gave the wife shade and the slippers helped her feet stay cool from the hot ground. And this is the story of the origin of the parasol and shoes. I just really liked this story because of how simple it was. It was just a cute story about how the parasol and slippers came to be. 

I have read many creative storybook and portfolios. I am really impressed at the investment some of my classmates put into their storybook and portfolios. They went above and beyond of what was asked of them. Some of my favorite storybooks or portfolios were Rama and Sita: Not So Happily Ever After, CSI: Indian Epics, and Epic Women Tell All. I like how they intertwined modern themes into their storybook and portfolios.

(Feeling under the weather)

My other classes are going well except that I am a little behind. I got sick earlier this week. I had to miss a couple of days of school. So I am spending this weekend on catching up on stuff.

Reading Diary A: Public Domain Indian Fables and Folklore

I really enjoyed reading the first portion of the Indian Fables and Folklore. My favorite story was the The Gifts of the Sun. In this story, there is a husband and a wife. The husband is shooting arrows at a tree on a sunny day with his wife by his side. Every time he shot his arrow at the tree, his wife would go and fetch the arrow for him out of love. As the day progressed it got hotter because of the sun. It got so hot the wife could not get the arrow for her husband any longer. The husband was upset by this and therefore complained to the sun. In response the sun gave the wife a pair of slippers and a parasol. The slippers helped her feet to not get hot from the hot sand. The parasol offered her shade. The purpose of this story was to explain the origin of the parasol and shoes. 

Another story that I enjoyed was the The Hungry Elephant. I really liked this story mainly because I like elephants but I mean the story was good as well. The story starts off by introducing a hungry elephant. The elephant goes up to a shop owner and ask for rice. The owner replies that there is none. The elephant then as for flour and then butter and for molasses. The owner replies that there are none of those. The elephant does not believe him. He bumps the shop, causing it to crash. In amidst the crash, the elephants finds plenty of food.

(Hungry Elephant)