Reading Diary A: Jamaica Anansi Stories

I decided to go with Jamaica Anansi Stories for my reading diary this week. I was excited to read about some Jamaican stories since I can't recall reading any stories from that culture before.

Sheep and Anansi: This was an interesting read for me. It took me a few reads to completely understand the language and meaning. Anansi does seem like the trickster of the Jamaican culture. He is constantly pulling the wool over the sheep's eyes. It was also interesting to see that sheep was such a gullible character. He constantly got swindled out of getting to eat house after house. I am curious if that is a quality for the sheep to have in more of the Jamaican tales. Anansi also appears to be a very self-centered character.


(Sheep)

Long-Shirt: This was one of the most unique stories that I have read in this class. There are so many interesting pieces that make up this puzzle of a story. The talking shirt aspect of it was very interesting. I loved how it was so loyal to its owner that it would call out who was wearing it. I am thinking about writing about the shirt for my storytelling post this week. I have so many questions about this magical garment. Anansi still seemed like quite the trickster in this story. Anansi even shifted the blame to the oblivious goat. Anansi seems like he is only looking out for himself. I also liked how the goat was covered in this story as well. It was a very interesting explanation for why the goat smells bad. I thought it was a very humorous approach to it.