I
noticed when reading these stories, they all had a lesson to be learned. the
lesson may have varied based on the type of story. Some of the lessons were
about keeping faith to the religion while others were about basic humility. I particularly
like the stories where the main characters are based of talking animals or
biblical creatures that can speak. This gives the story a feature that stands
out to me when I am reading. There are some things that were missing from these
stories though. The first thing I felt that they all fell short on is that they
don’t really give a setting. By setting I mean they don’t paint a good picture
of where they are. The stories seemed to jump right in or give a brief description
of where the setting is. For example, it will say they are in forest, but to me
a forest could be dark and scary or thin and full of light that penetrates through
the trees. It wouldn’t hurt to put a little more into setting up a picture in
peoples minds so that the setting is clearer. Basically, a little more detail.
Grated these are short stories and one can not give all the details in the
world. Something I noticed with all the stories is that there are not very many
characters in the story. There are usually about four but since this is Jewish
fairy tales and they are biblical they may not need more characters. I usually like
to have a vast cast to keep more detail coming out and keep a complex plot, but
once again short story comes to mind. To finish my thoughts, I would give a
better description in the place setting to these stories, add more characters
for more complex plot situation, and make more animal characters. These are
things I would want for these stories and mean no offense to anyone by changing
them in this way.
Unicorns came up in these fairy tales a lot so a unicorn seems logical for this situation
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all my thoughts cam from reading the stories in the bibliography link
Myth-Folklore Unit: Jewish Fairy Tales
Author:Gertrude Landa
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