Reading Notes Week 11: Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes, Part B

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Reading Notes Week 11: Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes, Part B

Two More Rabbit Stories:

· First story is an interesting and powerful way to deliver the message not to boast. I am curious what they mean when they say that the rabbit “shot” at his wife and she did too. I wonder if this may have gotten jumbled in translation. I am also interested in the character Panther.

· A quick google search revealed that Panther is a word that has been used to describe many different big cats and even a legendary creature with a multi-colored hide. This suggests to me that the Panther here is some almost archetypal big cat.

· Second Story: Really interesting plot development here with a good flow and balance of description, dialogue, and action, up until the end. The end seems to just kind of happen and almost leaves out some of the ending. Good retelling potential to rewrite and extend the end to give the story a more complete feeling.

Why Deer Never Eat Men:

· I think it’s interesting to see a difference in the subjects of these stories across the different regions. Provides a good demonstration of how art (stories in this sense) reflects life. Deer are prevalent in this region so it makes sense they would have some kind of common story about an animal that was likely a prominent source of food.

The Hare and the Lynx:

· The character Grandmother in these stories is interesting, saw it also in part A. Seems to just be some kind of being in between the Earth-maker and the first creatures that doesn’t have a lot of explanation. Might be interesting to retell a creation story with her background.

· This story had great plot development as well. This story sounded extremely similar to the children’s books of today’s time as it had a kind of sing-songy repetition to it. However, the end was a bit more gruesome than the storybooks of today would likely include.

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