Fall 2020

 This picture is so me, I am always running on to the next thing. Possibly not so terribly running to the next person but maybe the next thing to do. (Its Heart and Brain Again from Awkward Yeti ) I also really enjoyed the Can You Speak Emoji? video. In some cases, I think emojis are overused today; however, in many ways they help us to communicate more feeling and emotion through instamessaging than ever before. I only think that emojis have become slightly innapropriate in the formal world.

Some weeks I choose to pick a different story to write about on the second reading assignment  in order to be exposed to more authors and writing styles. As well as, I am so indecisive and want to be able to read all the stories. However, this week in reading the Twenty-Two Gobblins Unit I was very intrigued and really enjoyed what I read and the different aspects the unit included. One of the most prominent things that really stuck out to me was the way in which each different story contained a separate story or riddle within it. The other thing that really stuck out to me was the conclusion of the unit’s Part B. I really enjoy stories where the real antagonist is unknown until the very end of the story. For the Twenty-Two Gobblins unit, you are left thinking that the Gobblin is the bad guy throughout the story, until you reach the end and learn that the real bad guy was the monk. He was plotting to take over the King’s throne but his cooniving ways were exposed. (Gobblin from Wik...

  (Green Goblin from Flickr ) For the Twenty-Two Gobblins Unit , there were so many different aspects of the story that were captivating and gave me different ideas to incorporate into my own stories and writing. This unit had a good introduction that sets up the whole unit and gives the background information to understand why the king was in the cemetery looking for the goblin. I then really enjoyed the way in which the goblin began to tell riddles to the king. These seperate stories in the unit all went together but each had very different aspects. The way in which this was done kept me wanting to continue reading and see what the next riddle would be and if the king would answer correctly. I also found it funny that the goblin character was not compliant with the king and even would run back to where he was found. I think the character set up was strong in that the king was a protagonist to an extent and the goblin the antogonist, yet they did not seem to be completely fighting...