Reading Notes: Twenty-two Goblins Part A

Reading Notes: I really like this style of writing where it's a story and a riddle all in one. The king seems to be pretty intelligent as well, this is quite evident in his reasoning through the dead man being at blame for his own death. The king seems to understand the stories that the goblin is telling and I think his answers are correct so I find it strange that the goblin just runs away after the king answers him every time. I think that this story telling technique could be really interesting to explore. I think it would be fun to write a riddle like a story and have the readers try and solve it at the end.


Caption: A photo of Arthur W. Ryder. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_W._Ryder.png .
Bibliography: Twenty-two Goblins, Arthur W. Ryder, http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/06/goblins-snakes-poison.html .

Reading Notes: Sinbad Part A

Reading Notes:Right off the bat, I relate to Sinbad in being bad at taking care of money. He spends it like I do. I also like how this story is told in first person, I like the amount of information and insight that the first person storytelling allows for. I like Sinbad's longing for adventure and his aversion to staying still in the same place for too long, this is also something that I feel I can relate to. I really like the amount of detail in the story, it's something that I think really benefits this story and makes it interesting. Regardless of what I write about, I think that preserving the amount of detail in this story is important.


Bibliography: The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, Andrew Lang. http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/06/sindbad-first-voyage.html .
Caption: An illustration from the stories of Sinbad. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sinbad_1.jpg .