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| the panther |
The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921).
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Reading notes: Chinese fairytales Part A
Today I focused on the description of the characters in the fairy tales. Specifically, I really enjoyed the story about the panther. The idea of the kids telling the panther that he has big eyes and big feet remind me of the story of little red ridng hood. The other story with great descriptors was the story about the God of War. The way that they described his eyes and eyebrows and face were great and had amazing imagery.
Bibliography:
Friday, October 11, 2019
Week 8 Progress
I am very happy with my progress! I have not been using as much of the extra credit this semester, but I did enjoy the assignment of the growth mindset ones. Looking forward, I am excited about reading over the other stories in The Odyssey and finishing up my storybook!
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| Motivational Quote by Patrick Star |
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Week 8 Comments and Feedback
The feedback I have been getting from my classmates has been pretty useful! So far, I only have a few comments on my comment wall but those comments have definitely revolutionized the way that I do my comments. I feel like the comments that I am giving could be better. One thing that I could focus on is specific parts of a person's story when I am reading it and give more detailed feedback instead of just general feedback. Looking forward, I think I will be more specific with my feedback.
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| cat looking for the light |
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Week 8 Reading and Writing
So far I am very happy with the reading and my progress! I use this class as an opportunity to explore creative writing techniques. My favorite story so far has probably been "Patrick the Sailor" because that's my first time using a first-person narrative from a different person's perspective. Next, the chance to write about something that I just came up with and have other people read it is super positive as well! I like hearing about what people think about my writing and it encourages me to write better stuff! Perhaps one thing that I will try out is focusing on different strategies for my reading notes. Then I can type a story that I have never tried before!
Patrick praying. Captures from my person photos.
I really like that photo because I saw it on a meme. I use it all the time in text conversations and I just love that it looks like he's praying to some divinity. So really, I chose that photo because I think it's the funniest photo.
Looking forward, I need to get better at my reading notes. They're not as good as useful to me as because i never refer to them when I write my story. I'm going to focus on "beautiful sentences" nice week!
Patrick praying. Captures from my person photos.
I really like that photo because I saw it on a meme. I use it all the time in text conversations and I just love that it looks like he's praying to some divinity. So really, I chose that photo because I think it's the funniest photo.
Looking forward, I need to get better at my reading notes. They're not as good as useful to me as because i never refer to them when I write my story. I'm going to focus on "beautiful sentences" nice week!
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Week 7 Story: A skater's retelling of the MONKEY KING BRAWLLL!!
"Sick Ollie Bro!" I yelled when Sun Wu Kung, the KING of skaters, showed me his trick.
"Patrick, I know you're not an ape or anything, but dude, you're pretty cool for a starfish. Wait, watch this!" said Sun Wu Kung as he turned one of his hairs into a Razor scooter and did some kickflips.
"WICKED BROOOO!!!!" I yelled back!
"That's nothing man. Now man watch Thi-"
Suddenly, the skies blackened and some kid walks out from the heavens.
"What the FLIP?" Gasped Sun Wu Kung as he walks toward the shadows.
"BE CAREFUL DUDE!!!" I cried.
But it was too late. Everything changed in an instant when the grandson of the Lord of Heavens came.
"Who are you?" questioned the mighty ape.
"I am Yang Oerlang, the grandson of the Lord of Heavens!" replied the valiant god.
"Lame. Get out of here man, or do I have to school you too?" beckoned the ape.
"Bring it!" yelled the young Lord.
They both summoned their wheeled boards and commenced a showdown. Up from the skies, the Lord of Heavens sent down literally the biggest skating rink I've ever seen in my life. It was like the size of three NFL football stadiums combined!
"Be careful dude!" I yelled
"No worries man. I got this!" replied the cocky Ape.
Sun Wu Kung transformed his scooter back into a skateboard and went into the rink. He started off with doing some casual kickflips when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, he got some air and did a kickflip superman and wowed the crowd.
Wowing the crowd he got back to his post and held his board in the air.
"Your turn." whispered the ape to the prince.
The earth rumbled and the skies grumbled when the prince got on his board. Riding down the rink like a lightning cheetah the young prince did a few flips and then all of a sudden he pulls out of these out of nowhere.
The Slamma Jamma trick was brutal and ten mountains crumbled.
Fearing, the ensuing onslaught, all the other apes hid and withdrew from the crowd. All of a sudden, the two warriors clashed like clashing warriors. The sky thundered like thundery skies and it rained wet drops of water.
As the two warriors fought, the skating rink started to fall apart. I grab my ripstick and start riding towards the warriors to stop the madness.
"I'm about to end this man's career," said Sun Wu Kung as he saw me.
Then I knew what was going to happen. Sun Wu Kung was about to show me the coolest trick ever that would certainly get end the young prince's career. I got down on my knees and started to pray.
He grabbed his skateboard and I knew what was about to go down.
Sun Wu Kung pushed the Lord of Heaven's grandson aside and performed the trick that would be the end of the world.
Hiding my eyes from the terror, I see the Monkey King riding up the walls of the rink and then all it was all over.
The young prince had been defeated. He let out a giant roar of defeat and teleported back into the heavens.
Bibliography:
The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921).
Authors Notes:
The original story is about the Monkey King, Sun Wu Kung, who clashed against the Yang Oerlang, the grandson of the Lord of Heavens. The Monkey King prior to this had committed many crimes against heaven such as eating the sacred peaches and taking all of the pills of life and the forces that heaven sent down to stop him were not enough. In a final effort, they sent down the Lord of Heaven's grandson, and upon heading to the cave of the monkey king, fought. The two were in a battle of shape-shifting with each time one out doing the other. In the end, the Monkey King had to run away and hide in heaven, disguised as the young lord.
For the purposes of my story, however, I replaced the shape-shifting battles with skateboarding tricks. I also changed the plot a little bit by having the Monkey King winning the battle. I also replaced the third person narrative with first-person storytelling.
"Patrick, I know you're not an ape or anything, but dude, you're pretty cool for a starfish. Wait, watch this!" said Sun Wu Kung as he turned one of his hairs into a Razor scooter and did some kickflips.
"WICKED BROOOO!!!!" I yelled back!
"That's nothing man. Now man watch Thi-"
Suddenly, the skies blackened and some kid walks out from the heavens.
"What the FLIP?" Gasped Sun Wu Kung as he walks toward the shadows.
"BE CAREFUL DUDE!!!" I cried.
But it was too late. Everything changed in an instant when the grandson of the Lord of Heavens came.
"Who are you?" questioned the mighty ape.
"I am Yang Oerlang, the grandson of the Lord of Heavens!" replied the valiant god.
"Lame. Get out of here man, or do I have to school you too?" beckoned the ape.
"Bring it!" yelled the young Lord.
They both summoned their wheeled boards and commenced a showdown. Up from the skies, the Lord of Heavens sent down literally the biggest skating rink I've ever seen in my life. It was like the size of three NFL football stadiums combined!
"Be careful dude!" I yelled
"No worries man. I got this!" replied the cocky Ape.
Sun Wu Kung transformed his scooter back into a skateboard and went into the rink. He started off with doing some casual kickflips when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, he got some air and did a kickflip superman and wowed the crowd.
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| kickflip superman from Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 |
Wowing the crowd he got back to his post and held his board in the air.
"Your turn." whispered the ape to the prince.
The earth rumbled and the skies grumbled when the prince got on his board. Riding down the rink like a lightning cheetah the young prince did a few flips and then all of a sudden he pulls out of these out of nowhere.
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| Slamma Jamma off of Pro Skater 3 |
The Slamma Jamma trick was brutal and ten mountains crumbled.
Fearing, the ensuing onslaught, all the other apes hid and withdrew from the crowd. All of a sudden, the two warriors clashed like clashing warriors. The sky thundered like thundery skies and it rained wet drops of water.
As the two warriors fought, the skating rink started to fall apart. I grab my ripstick and start riding towards the warriors to stop the madness.
"I'm about to end this man's career," said Sun Wu Kung as he saw me.
Then I knew what was going to happen. Sun Wu Kung was about to show me the coolest trick ever that would certainly get end the young prince's career. I got down on my knees and started to pray.
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| Patrick Praying. Uploaded from my personal photos |
He grabbed his skateboard and I knew what was about to go down.
Sun Wu Kung pushed the Lord of Heaven's grandson aside and performed the trick that would be the end of the world.
Hiding my eyes from the terror, I see the Monkey King riding up the walls of the rink and then all it was all over.
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| Christ Air on Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 |
Bibliography:
The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921).
Authors Notes:
The original story is about the Monkey King, Sun Wu Kung, who clashed against the Yang Oerlang, the grandson of the Lord of Heavens. The Monkey King prior to this had committed many crimes against heaven such as eating the sacred peaches and taking all of the pills of life and the forces that heaven sent down to stop him were not enough. In a final effort, they sent down the Lord of Heaven's grandson, and upon heading to the cave of the monkey king, fought. The two were in a battle of shape-shifting with each time one out doing the other. In the end, the Monkey King had to run away and hide in heaven, disguised as the young lord.
For the purposes of my story, however, I replaced the shape-shifting battles with skateboarding tricks. I also changed the plot a little bit by having the Monkey King winning the battle. I also replaced the third person narrative with first-person storytelling.
Reading Notes: Monkey King Part B
The story of the rebellion of Sun Wu Kung against heaven really reminds me of Paradise Lost by John Milton. In some ways, despite all the treachery and rule-breaking, I find myself relating and when he lost against Buddha I felt really sad for him. I guess the Monkey King appeals to all our vices and sense of pride eventually is his own downfall. The Synopsis ata the end is pretty neat and I am glad that Sun Wu Kung was able to become a Buddha. The redemption story and in the end where his helmet disappeared was touching. I think I want to read more Asian stories now. They're pretty cool!
Bibliography:
The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921).
The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921).
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| escaping Buddha's Palm |
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Reading Notes Week 7: Monkey King Part A
The story of the Monkey King, Sun Wu Kung, is really unique because I find myself relating to the monkey king. The desire to escape death and the anxiety of death is something that affects humans and the quest to defeat it is very similar to the story of the Buddha. In some ways it seems like Sun Wu Kungs desire to defeat death seems almost futile as nothing in the human world can escape death, however, at least to Siddhartha, we can escape death by pursuing enlightenment and virtue? It's very similar to most religious values and I can see where those lines intersect with these stories. I'm excited to read what is going to happen next.
Bibliography:
The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921).
Bibliography:
The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921).
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| Sun Wu Kung surfing the clouds |
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