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Week 8 Reading and Writing



Overall throughout the semester, I've greatly enjoyed the reading assignments. All of the stories are fascinating, with dynamic characters that are sometimes absent a lot of folklore. Many times, characters in myths and legends are typecast and really have only a few defining personality traits, but the characters in these Indian Epics are dynamic, and show growth and the ability to learn and improve through experience and reflection. They definitely all have defining characteristics, but that does not necessarily mean they are static.

I struggle more with the creative writing aspect of the course - while I appreciate that it helps me to stretch my creative wings, it is more difficult for me to create content that I am happy with, especially in the shadow of such incredible stories.

The image I've included is actually one that I made - I'm most proud of it because that was the moment I saw the potential for humor in the writing. I included it in the story of the Crocodile and the Monkey.





Moving forward, I need to be more dedicated to using this class as the opportunity to grow that it is, and I'm very excited to do so.

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