Reading Notes: Week 2 Anthology
The Jataka I liked the most was The Turtle Who Couldn't Stop Talking by Ellen C. Babbitt. It's a fairly short story but it says a lot.
Plot: In the course of the story, the author creates a friendly relationship between the geese and the turtle, so in the climax, I found myself hoping for the turtle to succeed. So the final event was mostly expected, but the style of writing seemed to create a flicker of hope for the turtle. I see the active characters in the story as essentially three good friends, two of them trying to help the third, but the third friend is not the smartest. If the children hadn't said anything, there's a possibility that the turtle could have made the journey successfully, but since we know the turtle was talkative, there's still some doubt present. The threat in this story was death by falling to the ground. I can see a story where this threat is something more physical, in a situation taking place between 3 mice and a cat who is initially disinterested in the mice.
Plot: In the course of the story, the author creates a friendly relationship between the geese and the turtle, so in the climax, I found myself hoping for the turtle to succeed. So the final event was mostly expected, but the style of writing seemed to create a flicker of hope for the turtle. I see the active characters in the story as essentially three good friends, two of them trying to help the third, but the third friend is not the smartest. If the children hadn't said anything, there's a possibility that the turtle could have made the journey successfully, but since we know the turtle was talkative, there's still some doubt present. The threat in this story was death by falling to the ground. I can see a story where this threat is something more physical, in a situation taking place between 3 mice and a cat who is initially disinterested in the mice.
The Geese Carrying the Turtle
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