For week 11, I am experimenting with a new note-taking strategy. When I first read some of these tales, I really liked how they started and ended. I am going to focus on the first story, Iagoo, the Story Teller, and how this story began and ended. I am planning on just taking notes on the different word choices, sentence structures, and why I liked these stories.
The beginning of the story:
- I like how the first word was all capitalized. This made it stand out and gave the first sentence nice emphasis, even though the word itself was not very important.
- I also like how in the first sentence the author made sure to introduce some of the characteristics of Iagoo. This helps readers to automatically take the side of the main character because of the positive connotation they now have of him.
- I also really liked how much context was provided in the very first paragraph. Not only did we learn about Iagoo himself, but also a little bit about his past, where he lives, and what he does.
The end of the story:
- I had very mixed feelings about the end of the story.
- Although I liked that it left me on a cliff-hanger, I wish there had been a little bit more closure and more details.
- It almost seemed like the author became bored of the story and didn't want to make up anymore, and so they decided to end it and would finish telling it in a completely different story.
- Again, I was happy that there was a "sequel" of sorts, but I wish that there had been more information at the end in general.
Overall, I liked this story a lot and enjoyed taking a deeper look at the beginning and the end. I feel like now that I have analyzed this for someone else's writing, I will be much more detailed when I write the beginning and ends of my stories.
Bibliography: American Indian Fairy Tales by W.T. Larned, with illustrations by John Rae (1921).
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