Topic Brainstorm

One of the topics I am interested in, which I’m sure is a popular one, is Alice in Wonderland. Alice in Wonderland is a very well known story due to the popular movie depiction of the story. I would like to learn more about the book version and how they compare or contrast, and from that I would write my story. I would maybe swap the roles of the main characters or maybe change the genders, such as a mad king instead of a mad queen.

Another topic I would be interested in is Robin Hood. Robin Hood would be interesting to me because the name of the story and the overall story line is familiar but the details within the story are something I'm not as familiar with. This would make it easy to write about because I could use what I know already for the general topic but change it up however I want.

The Wizard of Oz stood out to me as well due to the fact that it says that the story in the books are much different than the movie. This sparked some curiosity in me and makes me very excited to read how different they are. I could write the story from the perspective of multiple characters for a fun twist.

The last topic that interested me was Noah and the Ark. I feel like this is a very commonly told story at a young age. I have always heard the story in the same way but I am sure there are many different variations based on culture. I could really change up the story and make it based on the animals that are present in the ark.

Alice in Wonderland

Week 2 Story: Elizabeth and the Scarecrow

Elisabeth was born and raised on a farm in a small town in Oklahoma. She grew up planting crops and helping the family take care of cattle. When Elisabeth wasn't working on the farm she was pursuing her love for art. Elisabeth loved to study sculptures, but her father disapproved. Her father thought it was a waste of her time and she should focus her efforts on the farm and finding a husband to take over the farm in the future.

The only way Elisabeth could express her passion for art without her father getting upset was by making scarecrows. The scarecrows helped protect the family crops and were not seen as a waste of time to her father. Now if only she could find a husband.

Elisabeth prayed and prayed that she would find the right guy. One day as she was building the last scarecrow for the field, she said "I wish you were a real man, sculpted to my perfection." She hugged the scarecrow, set it up on its stand, and went to bed.

The next morning she woke up bright and early and went to the field. Upon reaching the crops she noticed one of the scarecrows was missing. She searched everywhere for it, until finally she ran into a man in the middle of the corn field. The man was holding the scarecrow, which looked to be in two pieces. The man said "I'm really sorry about your scarecrow, I was out watering the crops and accidentally knocked it over. I have been trying to fix it for an hour now."

Elisabeth sat down and showed the man how to make a new scarecrow, inspired by him. The two became very close and later got married. Their crops were guarded by two scarecrows, one that looked like her and one that looked like him.

My story is inspired by the story Metamorphosis: Pygmalion. In the original story Pygmalion, the main character, is a sculpture and wishes to have one of his sculptures come to life. In the original story the sculptor does in fact come to life and fall in love with the main character. In my story I decided to have the same idea but a more realistic love story, where the sculpture brings love, but indirectly.

"Metamorphosis: Pygmalion" by Tony Kline

source: scarecrow couple

Metamorphosi

s: Pygmalion

Reading Notes: Metamorphosis

I chose to read the story Metamorphosis: Pygmalion translated by Tony Kline

While reading the first couple of sentences I started to think the character was kind of odd to be lusting over a sculpture. After getting past the story details, I started to think about the way the story was written instead of what it was written about. The author is very detailed and is able to capture an image in the way the story is written. The story is very short, but is still intriguing. The author talks about the movements and the feeling of the main character toward the statue of the woman. Hopefully I can have the same impact with my future stories.

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Reading Options

The idea of the UnTextbook is great in my opinion. It save us the time and money of buying books and is available to us at almost any point, due to the fact that most of us almost always have some kind of technology with access to the internet within reach. The first section that stood out to me was Jamaican Stories. I don't know why but the title just made it seem like it would be something interesting. Upon clicking on it, I decided that a story I would want to go back to and read would be Shut Up in the Pot. The name of the Jamaican stories were very interesting to me. The second section that stood out was the Adam and Eve section. This stood out to me mostly because it was familiar to me. Upon scrolling through the stories, the story of Hercules and the Distracted Boyfriend seemed entertaining. The meme attached and the description of the story made it seem like it would be a fun read. The third and final section that stood out was Alice and Wonderland. I have always loved Alice and Wonderland and would be very excited to read the A Mad Tea-Party story associated with it.

Source: Distracted Boyfriend