Chapter 7- …Or the Bible
All books, short stories, or poems have some way of relating to the bible. Like Shakespeare, the bible is a world-wide known book. The stories in the bible are known and usually put into someone else’s own version. A lot of books may put scriptures or verses in to connect the reader to something they may relate to.
Chapter 8- Hanseldee and Greteldum
Hansel and Gretel the well- known tale of two kids and a witch is the main example for this chapter. What the author talks about in this chapter is putting old tales like Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty and turning them into modern day stories that people now enjoy. A lot of stories have examples or comparisons to these fairy tales.
Chapter 9- It’s Greek to Me
Greek mythology is and was big part in everybody’s culture. It had huge influences on people. There are towns and mascots named after many Greek mythology stories. Myth has so much power in everything. Myth is the body of the story matters, means that everybody is shaped by itit changes our way of seeing by which we read the world and, ultimately ourselves.
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