Untitled Essay Research Paper Myth Aliki

Untitled Essay, Research Paper

Myth- Aliki , The Gods and Goddesses of Olympics , Harper Collins Publishers

, 1994 .

After reading The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus , my first

reaction was that it was a wonderful and fascinating example of how Greek

mythology explains the theories about life , death , and the wonders of nature

. Although I enjoyed the book , I also wondered if it was a little too confusing

to a young child , since many long Greek names were used and many characters

interacting together became too complicated and involved.

The story began with the creation of the earth , sky,

all living things, and with the birth of the Gods and Goddesses that reigned

on Mount Olympus . The author also took each of the twelve gods and goddesses

and individually summarized their personality and duties and their purpose

and connection to the world . The author who also illustrated the book ,

used brilliant and vibrant colors and also portrayed the personality visually

by scenes and images that clearly showed the emotional side of the gods .

This myth contained some violence , sinister and inappropriate

behavior among the gods and cruel and even frightening illustrations that

I thought might be too overwhelming for a young impressionable mind . An

example of this would be when ” Cronus married his sister Rhea , and they

had many children . But Cronus was afraid that one of them might overthrow

him just as he had overthrown his father . So as each child was born , he

swallowed it .” Although Cronus eventually “throws up” the unharmed children

in the end, I feel the initial reaction might be more lasting , as well as

the fact that Cronus married his sister , which is an unacceptable taboo

in society . There were other strong images conveyed , both verbally and

visually dealing with death , jealousy , deceit , and deformities of man

and beast . Although I enjoyed this book , I felt it should be read to an

older audience that will not be negatively impressed by some parts of the

story .

Tall Tale : Kellog Steven , Sally Ann Thunder , Ann Whirlwind Crockett ,

Morrow Junior Books , 1995

In this tale , author Steven Kellog depicts the incredible

story of a girl named Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind who has an amazing

amount of strength, vitality and agility and who sets off for the frontier

at age eight . She lived with the animals and loved her life in the wilderness

until one day she meets a stranger in the woods that needs her help . It

is Davy Crockett , the most famous woodsman in America . They fall in love

and marry, but the amazing feats of strength and courage fill her daily life

and continue to surprise the town folk in this nineteenth century tale .

My first reaction to this tall tale was that it was funny

, light , and had a lot of vitality . The plot was simple for children to

follow and had only one main character , which would let the children focus

on the cumulative events that happened to this character and how the story

leads to it’s climax.

I definitely got the feeling that I was looking at a

nineteenth century story by the authors illustration and colors used. Earth

tones of brown, yellow , green and blue set the stage for an early American

atmosphere . This tale , portrayed in a humorous way , showed how the rugged

heroines of long ago dealt with the hardships and dangers of frontier life

. I feel young children will like this book and enjoy it’s funny and

whimsical dialogue and illustrations , and perhaps get a comical glimpse

of life on the frontier of long ago.

Folktale : Aardema Verna . Why Mosquitoes Buzz in peoples Ears , Illustrated

by Leo and Diane Dillon , Dial Press , 1975 .

I found this African folktale to be a delightfully imaginative

and entertaining tale that has a simple lesson that young children would

be able to understand and relate to . The tale begins with a mosquito that

tells a tall tale (lie) to an iguana . This sets off a chain reaction that

ends in a terrible disaster involving the death of a baby owl , and a mother

owl that reacts to this disaster by refusing to hoot and wake the sun the

next morning . As the talking jungle animals tried to pinpoint who was the

cause of this terrible accident , a sequence of events recounts back to the

origin and eventually the mosquito is incriminated.

This is a cumulative tale which used repetition , accumulation

and rhythm to make a interesting and appealing story for young children .This

folk tale teaches the most basic lesson that you should never lie or there

will be serious consequences as a result . In the end, the mosquito would

not admit to his lies and therefore as a result he had a guilty conscience

thereafter . In the last paragraph the author ties the entire story together

by saying that because the mosquito has a guilty cons

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