Thoughts about Comments

I've truly enjoyed reading the comments everyone has been writing on my blogs! I do not consider myself to be a very good writer, so I really look forward to reading the helpful comments. They make me look at my stories differently and from different angles that I wouldn't necessarily have thought about.

I also like when someone comments about a specific part of my story they liked or found interesting. I use those comments to try and write more parts that are similar.

I think to make the comments more vivid we can bold certain parts of our text! That always gets my attention right away!

As I looked over my comments, I really could have given more direction in my ideas. Some of my tips could have been more in depth.

Week 5 Reading Diary, continued: Turkish Fairy Tales

Patience-Stone and Patience-Knife

By Ignacz Kunos

Illustrated by Willy Pogany (1913)

The mother and daughter lived alone. They did not have much so both mother and daughter worked. When the daughter is left alone the bird comes to leave her a message. Where did the bird come from? Why was the message only allowed to be heard by the daughter?

The girl had the wisdom to ask for the patience-stone and patience-knife.. how did he know to ask for these?

The Imp of the Well

By Ignacz Kunos

In many societies the man assumes the role of the leader of the family and whatever he says go. This story shows the wife having total control. The husband is not allowed to take money from the family without letting his wife know about it. This relationship is very interesting. 

How had the imp managed to find himself trapped in the well?

Week 5 Reading Diary: Turkish Fairy Tales

Fear
By Ignacz Kunos

Fear is given human characteristics. The mother has fear. It's apart of her. Interestingly enough, the son tries to find it. I would have assumed she wouldn't want her son to find fear. Even upon approaching the mountain and walking among the dead, the boy is not scared or fearful. 

The Son and Fear by Willy Pogany (1913)

(Source: Blogspot)

The second act that was supposed to cause was the little girl. Yet again, the young boy was not deterred nor frightened. 

The third act of the youth on the boat still did not cause fear in the youth. They all drank to his good health for he could not be scared. 

Fear (cont.)

The youth continues to search for fear. It is still hard for him to catch it. He is appointed Shah by the pigeons. He did not accept it for he was still searching for fear. Up until this moment, the youth was intelligent and was not able to be frightened. He was smart enough to not allow himself in a position where he could be scared. He finally was frightened by the bird that flew from the soup.