Hunger Games

I really enjoyed reading this novel, before seeing the movie. I never wanted to read this novel, just wanted to see the movie, because i didn't wanted to read some three hundred pages, but i read it and found it to be a very strong story, that entertains the reader, for the moment it begins the book til the end, it leaves you wanting to read it again and again. I didn't like the theme to use reality-show, because i have found that no realism in reality television, everything you see is not entirely the truth, you only see like a quarter layer of truth that has been presented to you, but all you really see is fantasy versions of one self. I find the aspect of having the games presented to the audiences as reality television weak, because people will lie to make themselves look a certain way that when you look hard enough, is not their real selves. And you see what people will do, in order to have the sympathy of the public, and place themselves above of the other contestants. I really enjoyed the book, because is not your traditional science fiction story, there's no aliens, there's no technology that plays great part of the plot, even though, the idea of having to kill a human being in order to survive, doesn't sit well with me, but the overall plot of the story intrigued me since the first page.

The One Who Walk Away From Omelas

     My dominant feeling or impression that i received from reading Ursula LeGuin's "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" is that of anger. Because of the treatment that they were giving the child, treating it like it was a caged animal, not showing any kindness towards it, and always humilliating it in from of the people of that place. Even though it starts describing the lives of the people who live there, it gives you a sense that not everything in that place is as peaceful and as perfect as they would like to make us (the reader) believe, because in order from the townpeople to leave peacefully as they're living they have to keep the child locked in a basement. I was in horror as soon as Ursula change you the image and present us the child, I was wondering what happen to the child's mother, does she know how the people of Omelas are treating her child, but you have to wonder that what kind of mother would let her child be treated with such conditions and not stand up, or what kind of person would just stand there and not do anything for the child. I can't believe how ignorant those people were, that they would rather let the child live in such conditions and not do anything about, just to keep leaving in the fantasy world that they have been leaving in. It makes you wonder, how is there conscience? Because they have to not have any in order to continue with their lives, as if, they were nothing wrong. It sickens me, everytime i read the story.

     In conclusion, i was somewhat appalled, that nobody ever took a stand and made them release the child. Makes you wonder, what people would do in order to live their lives as if nothing was wrong in the world. Also who were the lucky ones, the people who after seeing the child, and decided to stay in Omelas and continue with their lives as if there was anything wrong or if the people who were horrified at the cost of  their utopia's happiness that they decided to abandon everything after seeing the child. Also why nobody ever thought to think about the child, instead they rather make us believe that in Omelas, nothing was wrong and that everything was perfect and beautiful.

Myth vs Legend

Legend is a narrative of actions that have been told as a true story. Many people don't know whether the story is true or is it pure fiction, because it's always hard to confirm the contents of the story to confirm whether the story actually happen or was it made up. The persons who is telling the story is basically retelling what have been said before, but they're not eyewitness to what actually happen and since it's been told from people to other people, they're always changing the contents of the story. Making it difficult to verify whether it actually happened or not. On the other hand, Myth are stories of cosmos and the origins of the human beings. While legend is told to give us morals, myth are told as a make believe story of what people think the humans were created, and usually involves gods and animals to tell the story. The similarities of legend and myth is that there's no evidence to suggest that they happened, and the differences is that Myth refers to gods, beliefs and places; While legend refers to stories of certain places and countries.

The type of story which i like the most is Legend. Because i get to learn about the beliefs of a certain place or country, which i have never visited and makes me wanna someday visit that place. Also i get to learn certain things that i have never know about my country as well. One of my favorite examples of legend is "The Legend of Robin Hood" that legend as a child has always fascinated me, the story of a prince who steals from the rich to give to the poor and how what he did changed a whole country. That legend has always fascinated me, it has a good moral about giving to people who are in need and not be selfish like the rich people who never helped the other people who were starving and living in poberty while they lived like royalty and how he challenge that to help everybody has always fascinated me since i can remember.

The Ant and the Grasshopper

About Aesop:

There's not much details about Aesop's life since he was born in Greece BC, there's not a lot of historical records that can tell us, how he lived or where did he found the inspiration for his fables. Or if they are even his own fables, because in that time, stories were told orally, they were not written like nowadays. We know that he was born as a Slave in 6th Century Greece, BC. But there's not a whole lot of information regarding his life, so it's a mystery even to this day. Historians agree that he told his fables as a way to make the other slaves, forget their troubles and give them hope that one day things will get better, all they have to do is have faith in theirselves. 

About Aesop's texts:

All his stories are morals fables, that teaches us a valuable lesson so that we can apply them to our everyday life.

About Aesop's audience:

When he told his fables, he told them to adults but within time, we see that kids have taken a liking to his fables as he uses animals to teach us the lessons that he wants us, the reader to learn.

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