Reading Diary B: Blackfoot Stories

The story that stuck out to me the most from the latter half of Blackfoot unit was the Bobcat and the Birch.  Judging off the name of the title, I did not expect that type of plot. It focused on a man that made the bobcat and the birch look the way they do now. I did not like the Old Man character one bit. The Old Man seemed so crewel, and deceitful. He first tricked the prairie dogs and ate them after they were so kind and considerate to him. Than he hurts the bobcat just because it ate his food, which he wrongly got in the first place. The guy seems like a grade A douche. Then he burns his own nose, when it was his fault he didn’t wake up. The nose tried and tried so it was not its fault. I just was not expecting this story to be about a man who did these weird and mean things. I was also kind of mad karma did not catch up with him in the end. With the wind almost bowing him away, I thought he was about to get. Than the birch tree saved him, which was pretty frustrating.  The title did not got with the plot really, only with the fact that the man rearranged both the bobcat and birch’s images.

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Reading Diary A Week 9: Blackfoot Unit

The Wolf Man was my favorite story from the first half of the Blackfoot Unit. I like the relationship that was established between the man and the animals. I thought it was pretty interesting how only the man’s head, hands, and feet changed into wolf parts. I can really picture that, and I think that would be pretty awesome to have lol. I like seeing the compassion that the animals had for the man in the first place. I mean he hunts them and they still decided to save him.

I liked how the women did not get away with their crime. I do not feel bad for them either. They wanted to socialize and not contribute; and when they could not, they got butt hurt. In the end karma came back for them. Justice was definitely served.

 I did not like the fact that the author gave no closure to the wolf man. Did he continue to live with the wolves, did he live with the humans, or did he change back? I guess that wasn’t really the moral point of the story, but I just appreciate closure and I thought it was too easy to throw that end. My conclusion is he continued to live with the wolves, because that is what I want to happen.

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