Reading Diary A: Grimm Fairytales (LibriVox)

The story that I enjoyed the most from the Grimm Fairytales (LibriFox) was Rapunzel, mostly because Rapunzel was my favorite princess growing up. Yes I loved Disney princesses when I was a child, and Rapunzel took the cake. I have no idea why but I just love the story. I liked how no one died in this Disney story. I also used to have bleach blond hair like Rapunzel and I guess I related to her. The older I got, the more I wanted to be her prince, and I still want to be the prince. I don’t know really what else to write, I mean I have the story memorized (all versions too). I just love the story because I grew up constantly reading it.

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Extra Reading Diary: Grimm (Ashliman) Unit

The Elves section from the Grimm (Ashliman) unit was my favorite from the first half. It had a happy ending which was a very nice surprise considering it is a Grimm fairy tale. This unit in general was as dark as I was expecting it to be, but I was not expecting to have a story that was so cheerful and without and conflict. The story had such and simple and pleasant plot.  The old man was blessed tremendously by the elves and he was so thankful too! He never forgot where his fortune came from, and when he realized that the elves had nothing, he and his wife returned the blessings to the elves. I am really curious about the elves, and I wonder what their motive was to help in the first place. I would like to think that they saw the situation the man was in, and just wanted to help without anything in return. I just liked the picture of love this little story created. I do not know if I am reading into this too deep, but I feel that this is how the world should be. We should look to bless others and always remember who has blessed us, and constantly be thankful and charitable.

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Reading Diary B: Dante's Inferno

For the latter half of this reading unit I found it fitting to right about the Satan section of Dante's Inferno. The unit is about him experiencing Hell and you cannot obtain the true gravity without seeing Satan himself. I found it extremely interesting that Satan was stuck in ice. The rest of Hell involved fire intense heat, yet Satan was half frozen. I am very intrigued on why they are different. I also found in weird that Brutus and Cassius were both in the mouth of Satan, I completely understood why Judas was. Unlike Judas who betrayed Jesus for money, Brutus and Cassius betrayed Cesar because they thought it was for the best of the people. I just would not put them on the same level of evil as Judas. Their punishment was just horrific as well! I could not imagine constantly being chewed and grinded on for eternity. The pain and pressure that would constantly be there is far beyond comprehending, well most of the pain Dante mentions in beyond comprehending really. I also found it creepy when Dante said he felt in-between life and death. That really stresses the imagination big time! How can you imagine something like that? This was a really interesting and good unit to read for sure.

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