Reading Notes: English Tales Part B

(Personal Image taken in London, England 2016)

After reading all of Part A and moving into Part B of the English Tales I noticed that there were many similarities and just a few differences.


Mythical creatures were still relevant and animals such as chickens and hens were giving the ability to talk. However, I paid more attention to the sentence structure and rhyming in each of the stories. I came to the realization that each of the stories was almost song like. The variety in sentence length gave them a new sort of depth that I hadn’t noticed before.


This is something that I could work on in stories of my own. I often like to stick to parallel structure and I don’t use much differentiation in sentence length.


Bibliography:
English Tales Part A, link to online reading.

Reading Notes: English Tales Part A

(Personal Image taken in London, England 2016)

Every day I wish that I could be back in London, England so it’s only fitting that I would choose from the list of English Fairy Tales to read.

I noticed that the stories mostly begin with those four famous words, “Once Upon A Time.” After reading the multitude of stories I came to realize that just about every story has some sort of riddle or theme that is vital to the plot line. I enjoyed that many of the characters included mythical creatures or animals that we’re humanized. Animals and creatures could talk, smell, and feel things which were portrayed through imagery and great detail.

I can utilize the themes of mythical creatures, animals, imagery, and detail. I am looking forward to writing a story that encompasses all of these things and allows me to relive some of my favorite memories in England. Of course, my story will start with "Once Upon a Time."

Bibliography:
English Tales Part A, link to online reading.