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| GoT marriage meme. Found on WeddingBee. |
1. I know that animals are a significant part of the Native American culture, but it’s really weird that these humans sleep with half-dog people and then have PUPPIES WHEN THEY GIVE BIRTH. Also, none of the characters in the stories I’ve read so far have had names. I’d like the characters to have names, just because it helps to connect them to the reader more, as you have a name to go with a face.
2. Cannibalism. Not a good plot point. Just really gross.
3. The language used in The Youth Who Joined the Deer is more modern, making the story easier to read. However, the dialogue isn’t exactly the way that humans would talk, at least nowadays. It’s too formal. I think that changing it into a more conversational tone would make it more relatable and not like something out of a robot-horror movie.
4. Also, although I like when the characterization of male characters in stories is not all macho, the main character in the Deer story – the hunter – was whiny and definitely should have taken his wife back by himself, instead of running to others.
5. I realize that the first place that has actually been named and given a description is in the story about the girl and the turkeys. Interesting. I would definitely like to hear more about what the settings are in each story, so that I can create an image and connect with the telling a little bit more so than I would if I had to create it all by myself.
6. So the True Bride definitely reminds me of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Except, you know, there was only four men. But also Cinderella, with the evil stepmother thing, but I guess that Snow White also has an evil stepmother as well? Oh well. I liked this story the most out of all the ones that I had to read.
2. Cannibalism. Not a good plot point. Just really gross.
3. The language used in The Youth Who Joined the Deer is more modern, making the story easier to read. However, the dialogue isn’t exactly the way that humans would talk, at least nowadays. It’s too formal. I think that changing it into a more conversational tone would make it more relatable and not like something out of a robot-horror movie.
4. Also, although I like when the characterization of male characters in stories is not all macho, the main character in the Deer story – the hunter – was whiny and definitely should have taken his wife back by himself, instead of running to others.
5. I realize that the first place that has actually been named and given a description is in the story about the girl and the turkeys. Interesting. I would definitely like to hear more about what the settings are in each story, so that I can create an image and connect with the telling a little bit more so than I would if I had to create it all by myself.
6. So the True Bride definitely reminds me of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Except, you know, there was only four men. But also Cinderella, with the evil stepmother thing, but I guess that Snow White also has an evil stepmother as well? Oh well. I liked this story the most out of all the ones that I had to read.
Bibliography: Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson (1929). Link to online source.
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