Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Reading Diary B: Jamaica Anansi Stories

Jamaica Anansi Stories

Goat on the Hill-Side / Duckano Tree

  • I like how this story had a meaning behind it
  • Why the goat stays up on the hill-side instead of coming down 
  • Still hard to comprehend what is being told
  • I feel like I am reading a bunch of words, and it is impossible to follow
Anansi and the Tar-Baby / The Yam Hills:
  • I wonder why they spell his name differently sometimes
  • He is a mean person
  • Tough guy was crying
  • Such a trickster he is
  • The monkey is a smart guy!
Guinea-Chick / Horse and Anansi:
  • Anansi loves to eat other people after he pretty much kills them himself
  • His tricks didn't work this time, he is the one who dropped dead
  • I am starting to like when Anansi loses
Anansi in Monkey Country / The Fishes
  • I am starting to like the monkey more
  • Killing those poor fishes mom, and then they didn't even get revenge 
  • He sure isn't a picky eater
Anansi, White-Belly and Fish
  • I wish I could be fitted with wings and be able to fly that easy 
  • Haven't heard of cousins till this story
  • I can't blame Anansi, fish is really good
The Rain/ Fire and Anansi:
  • The first story didn't really have a point, or I did not catch it 
  • He should have listened to his wife...
  • I thought they were good friend why would he try and fool him
Spider Marries Monkeys Daughter:
  • Spelling "brother" like "bredder" makes me laugh like medder did before
  • The monkey was a user
  • I like how the lizard was on the spiders side!
  • Why would you kill the babies father
Lizard
Source:UnTextbook

The Chain of Victims:
  • Anansi is persuasive
  • Being mean to the people who were nice to him again
  • There are no points to these stories
Why Tumble-Bug Rolls in the Dung / Why Joh-Crow has a Bald Head:
  • The word dung makes me laugh
  • Makes sense why nasty bugs are attracted to poo
  • So at his wedding now one even his wife wouldnt be at the table? Makes a lot of sense
  • I like when stories at least make some kind of sense 
Anansi and the Pig Coming From Market:
  • Wee pig is a cute name 
  • Anansi is so greedy
  • I wonder if people in Jamaica really write like this
  • It does not seem proper at all

 

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