This week I chose to read the Italian Fairy Tales unit. The description of the unit is what caught my
interest. I love fairy tales and have
enjoyed reading different types of fairy tales in previous units. This one said that it would include stories
that were similar to Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty. These stories were familiar to me and I
thought it would be interesting to see how the Europeans changed these fairy
tales. The stories in this unit were a
lot of fun to read and I would definitely recommend them to future
readers. There were only a few stories
that had a second page but when I read those I wanted to read the second page
to see what happened! There was always a
twisted plot in the stories that left me, as a reader, wanting more. My favorite story was Zelinda and theMonster. I thought this was a great
fairy tale as a young handsome king is saved but a girl who he ends up marrying. It was definitely a different take on a love
story but I found it sweet and romantic.
I used this story to write my story from and I loved it so much I did
not really want to change much of the fairy tale. A lot of the stories seemed to have a happy
ending and a hint of romance through out them.
There are also evil spirits in different forms such as fate, a monster,
and a magician. These aspects were
unique to the Italian Fairy Tales and played a seemingly small but major role
in the stories. There were not any
stories that I disliked. There are many
fairy tale units in the European section and I am looking forward to reading a
different set of fairy tales next week!
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