Mythology and Folklore

  The Calamus Root brer rabbit avoids brer fox, but brer fox stopped him one day because brer bear told him that him and brer rabbit needed to be friends brer rabbit suggests they have dinner, so brer fox agrees and brer rabbit prepares for it  brer fox never showed up to dinner, so brer rabbit looks out the door and sees brer fox hiding outside  Mr mink told brer rabbit that brer fox was sick last night but that brer rabbit should go to his house for dinner brer rabbit goes to his house and brer fox looked very weak. there was no dinner on the table, just a pan and carving knife brer rabbit ran and brer fox never caught him The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story after brer rabbit ran, brer fox set up a trap called a tar baby  brer rabbit talked to the tar baby and it didn't speak back, so he said he was going to fix his attitude  he punched the tar baby and couldn't pull away brer fox came and laughed at brer rabbit stuck in the tar Why Mr. Possum Loves Peace brer possum...

  Progress     I would say that i've made substantial progress in my writing this semester so far. I've been able to be very creative with my story retelling and am now at the point where I'm comfortable using dialogue in my stories. I still haven't nailed a weekly routine but I manage to get all my assignments done! I will definitely take advantage of the extra credit once it gets closer to the end of the semester. I think that my website development is going well and the second-person point of view. In the future, I'd like to time manage a little better so that way I have more time to focus on story research and development for my storybook. I think the structure of my website and blog have worked well so far, so changes will not need to be made to those.  Law School at UT Austin Source: Law School 100

  Feedback     Overall, I find the comments received from other students to be mostly helpful. The comments with more structure that give both positive and negative feedback are the most helpful, because they show you what you're doing well AND what you could improve on, instead of one or the other. I would say that my comments that I leave for other students are also helpful because I try to emphasize on methods like the WWW that also give suggestions. Analyzing others' writing style definitely helps with my personal creativity and how I can improve. I love being able to read through people's introductions and comment on them because although we are online, it still feels personal. In the future, I need to focus on actually implementing some. of the suggestions given to me instead of just reading them, but I don't think my physical comment wall or introduction needs work itself. This was the first image I came across but it resonated within me really well. Just because...

  Looking Back     Overall I have enjoyed the reading and writing assignments a lot. One thing I appreciate about the structure of this course is that it encourages creativity and cognition which is not something that is common in college; a lot of courses are solely about retaining the information and getting a grade. I don't love the organization of my blog, but I'm overall very happy with how my project website has turned out so far. I like how each story is interconnected through the narrator and is relatable to the audience- I was skeptical about the second-person point of view but it seems to have gone well so far and helped submerge the reader. In terms of accomplishment, I think my writing skills have improved quite a bit. Towards the beginning, I was scared to use dialogue but I've become a lot more comfortable with it now and have incorporated it into my storybook for the majority of the posts. My favorite reading this year has been Ramayana- I loved the mythica...

        There was once a magical rock in the land of Wynnewood, where a tiger was born of stone.  He had magical powers that sprang from that rock which shone all the way to the heavens. The tiger grew up and met other tigers in Wynnewood, until one day they stumbled upon a waterfall. The tigers agreed that whoever could cross the waterfall without being injured would be the Tiger King. The stone tiger volunteered himself, and on the other side of that waterfall, he found a cave where everything was made of stone. The other tigers named him the Tiger King and he ruled the land of Wynnewood.     One day, the tigers were sitting at the dinner table when the Tiger King began to weep because he feared death. All the tigers began to cry, as they feared death too. An old tiger spoke up, "You may seek immortality from the Gods and live forever among them."       The Tiger King decided at that moment that he would leave Wynnewood to se...

 the dragon king and the princes of the dead sat before the lord of the heavens and presented their complaints about sun wu kung  the lord of the heavens ordered a god to take him prisoner  the god said that he was born of pure powers and that the king should issue an order for him to come and be forgiven of his sins, and if he doesn't, he would be punished with no mercy the god descended and gave him his order, so sun wu kung obliged and mounted a cloud to heaven sun wu kung was moving so fast that the god was left behind, but caught up and let him into the heavenly gates he did not show respect to the lord so everyone wanted him to be punished, but the lord excused him  the lord appointed him to be the stablemaster of the heavenly steeds, so he attended his duties with zeal sun wu kung asked what his position was ranked, and his friend told him it was not  he grew angry and beat out of heaven with his iron rod and went home  he was given an imperial robe ...

on a place called the moutains of flowers and fruits, there was a rock that held all the power of the earth out of this rock came a stone egg that birthed a stone ape, which had golden streams from his eyes that reached heaven  the lord of the heavens was frightened and sent out two gods to find out what happened, who reassured him that it was just from the magic rock  the ape grew up and played with other apes in the valley, until one day they came across a waterfall they said whoever could go through the waterfall without injury would be king, so the stone ape tried he found an iron bridge with a tablet that stated that they had found the heavenly cave, they all went there and everything was made of stone, and the stone ape was named king  300 years passed, and one day the king of the apes was sitting with his friends when he began to weep at the fear of death  the old ape told him that buddhas are exempt from death, and the king of the apes said that he would go t...

  What Makes a Hero? each hero story is a variant of the same hero  although there are different variations, each hero goes on the same type of journey with a different story  the hero's story is a cycle and begins and ends in the hero's 'ordinary world' the hero's quest passes through an unfamiliar world  the cycle has multiple steps: call to action from status quo hero needs assistance the hero crosses the threshold into the new world  hero faces trials and progresses the worst fear or biggest battle is approaching the time for the hero to face their biggest challenge the hero faces a crisis the hero is reborn  some form of treasure is claimed  results are obtained  return to ordinary world new life resolution new status quo  this is a general model that many characters such as Katniss, Harry Potter, and more follow in their stories  we can relate to these people because these people are human- we all experience difficult and transform...