Reading Notes: Indian Fairy Tales Part A

This week I chose to read a collection of Indian fairy tales. There were 8 short stories in Part A of the reading, but only one story really stood out to me and caught my eye. This was the story of "The Tiger, The Brahman, and The Jackal". This story was very fun and engaging. The language, words, and grammar used was easier to comprehend than the other readings. I like the story, but I don't like the characters. I would keep the tiger because of it's dangerous presence, but would change the Brahman and jackal. To replace the Brahman would be a hunter instead because a hunter would understand the dangers of letting out a tiger and would make more sense in this story and for the jackal I would replace it with a rabbit or bunny like Bugs Bunny. The beginning of the story doesn't expand on how the tiger came to be in the cage, so I would expand more on that. Also, expanding and changing why and who the hunter talks to before returning to the tiger would be best. I would keep the obliviousness and deceiving nature of the jackal however since that was a crucial component of the story.

Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, link to online reading

   (Bugs Bunny, Source: Wiki Characters)