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Reading Notes: Ozaki-Part A

For this weeks reading I chose the Ozaki, also known as the Japanese Fairy Tales. Fairy Tales are my favorite types of stories that I have come upon so far in this course and also a big part of my Portfolio project. Therefore, I knew that this unit would help to give some ideas that I can use in my own project. 

My favorite story in Part A was The Adventures of Kintaro, The Golden Boy. This tale was quite sweet and one that really had no prominent antagonist that needed to be overcome making it a happy-go-lucky easy read. I like how the story is told by an unknown narrator yet incorporates dialogue throughout.  This dialogue is definitely something that I need to refer back to and use in my own retelling of stories. The dialogue helps to give the story more depth and substance, as opposed to a singular voice in the narrator.

The flow throughout the Adventures of Kintaro was also smooth and easy to read. It was a somewhat longer story but did not feel like it due to the way in which the author wrote. I do want to fill in the gaps of the story that were left leaving the reader to fill them in. I personally like leaving some room for imagination, but when too many gaps are in a story, I am left wondering what actually happened and cannot focus on the main points of the story. 

I also think that using animals in one of my stories would be a fun twist that I have not yet used. Wether or not an animal is an original character in one of my stories or not, I can always add it in to give my depiction a personal twist.

Bibliography: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki (1908).


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