Folk and Fairy tales

Reflection of Class I came into this class very opened minded, with the mindset to learn something that I did not learn before and that is exactly what happened. I would considered the material at the beginning of the semester to be challenging because I was kind of old English which is tough to interpret, but once we moved past that part of the semester I really enjoyed all of the readings. This class has tough me a lot of things that I did not know before such as, things about other religions, true meaning behind childhood fairy tales, and morals. All of the things I learned can be applied to my life, and it should be applied to others as well.  For example, I am now aware that someday when I have a child, I will read them the tale of Little Red Riding Hood. At first the will enjoy the story because I am there dad, and I am using a spooky voice and gestures to bring an adrenaline rush through there body. But as I tell them the story I can also sneak a valuable lesson in ther

One thing that is unique about Arabic stories is that they are created for entertainment purposes. In many different cultures stories are written to give a message to readers, but Arabic culture is to mainly anyone who is interested in the stories. The fact that Arabic stories are mainly for the purpose of  entertainment makes them fun to read. Often, when I read any text I try to look hard to find a message of some sort; the fact that I can simply just read Arabic stories make it easier to have a wider imagination of what the meaning of the story is to me. For example, I have so much fun reading the stories of Alladin and 1001 nights because they are never dull and keep me locked in wanting to know what happens next with each line. Another thing that I noticed was that Arabic stories are kind of influenced by African culture in a way. If you gain knowledge about each background and read closely you will see that they each have similarities and resemblance of one another. This may