Reading Notes: American Indian Fairy Tales, Part 1
This week, I am reading the American Indian Fairy Tales collected and published by Henry Schoolcraft . I am going to discuss a few aspects of the stories, mainly focusing on the one I found to be my favorite. (This is a wigwam, similar to what Sha-won-dasee stayed in) The first thing about this unit that struck me as interesting was how there are a few stories being told by Iagoo, the Story-Teller . In my opinion, this was a unique way to begin a story. The first story that Iagoo tells is Shin-ge-bis Fools the North Wind . I enjoyed this story because of the use of personification. This was always one of my favorite writing styles as a kid. In this story, Ka-bib-on-okka was the North Wind and Sha-won-dasee was the South Wind. Towards the end, Ka-bib-on-okka and Sha-won-dasee get into a wrestling match. What I love so much about personification is that it is obvious the North and South winds do not wrestle around on the ground, like two...