- Author gives story plot in the title
- Asks a question that is never answered in the story, left for interpretation based off of actions
- Author tells audience information the rabbit does not know
- Author uses animals strategically, the rabbit is small and is the scared one while the lion who is known to be brave is the wise one.
- Author indicated the lion is powerful before the situation is resolved which is why the animals listen to him.
- Past tense is used
- Author uses lion and king of beasts interchangeably probably to indicate the power and knowledge of the lion.
- Author does not describe the how the earth is breaking up, it is left for interpretation.
- Author is speaking from an outside perspective and not from anyone character.
- I enjoy the use of animals everyone is familiar with because it is easier to visualize.
THE CROCODILE IN THE RIVER translated by Robert Chalmers
- Author spends lots of time describing in detail the island and its fruit, it creates a good image for the reader of exactly what the scene looked like
- I like that the author uses qualities of living things to describe inanimate objects, it makes it seem more alive and more real. It also makes it easier to visualize.
- I like that the author does not introduce the characters until later in the story and spends the first part describing the location.
- Author does not spend anytime describing the two characters
- I feel like the story is not over and should continue with the crocodile returning with nothing
- Does the monkey continue to return?
- Education and knowledge are clearly a theme in this story as well as others, many characters must outsmart other to get out of situations, I like this more then using strength to get out of situations.
- Like in the rabbit story the author speaks from an outside perspective and when dialogue is not used the story is in past tense.
(Representation of the Rock the Bodhisatta had to cross: Image from Wikimedia)
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