Essay Week 6: Chinese Fairy Tales

This week I chose to read Chinese Fairytales. There were some stories that I liked, and other that I found to be very difficult to understand. I understand that it probably would take away from the story if you switched many of the characters names, however, I personally find the stories very hard to follow when they have long foreign names. I start to get the characters mixed up, then I feel lost, and I just don’t understand or appreciate the story after that.

Additionally, I felt like some of the stories skipped around. There was honestly just too much going on in some of them. That was another thing that made it hard to follow. However, not all of the stories were like this. The stories that I understood were great and I loved getting to read them. I thought they had a great use of detail, and I liked the overall themes and messages they were conveying.

The only other thing I have to criticize is that there was so many stories, that I personally think this unit was too long. I think some of the stories, like the ones with difficult names should be taken out. I like this class, but the large quantities of readings and work, it making it not be enjoyable anymore. It was okay the first few weeks of school, but now it is getting to be too much. I think I would have enjoyed this unit a little more if there hadn’t been as many stories, and the select few that were hard to follow had been taken out. Because of all of this, this unit was the least favorite I have read so far. I enjoyed many of the stories, however, some of them dragged on for too long. Overall, it was an okay unit but I am looking forward to seeing what next week has to offer. 

Image that came to mind when reading the story about the ogre. 

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