Blog Assignment Three

How the leopard got his spots:

                This story stands out for its peculiar word choice and how the leopard got his spots, with the changing of skin and all.  It is an old classic and old classics are quite popular short stories from personal experiences.  I prefer the old classics way over the new short stories made in 1990 and up, they just aren't very interesting.  Why I remember this story so much is because of the characterization; Leopard and the Ethiopian as the superiors because of their blending skills.  Then the lack of blending by Zebra and Giraffe, because of their color, really gives an interesting view of the relationship between the characters.  The elements made the story more understandable than the usual old time classic, and I would love to read more short stories like this in class.

                What I have learned about stories so far in this class is mostly just the diction levels between high, low, and neutral.  Short stories are my favorite subject in English and we spent most of our time on them in eighth grade.  I learned most about short stories in eighth grade and I'm not really sure if I have learned anything new from then.  I noticed that both short stories we read this week had at least two characters who were main, round characters.  Plus there were many characters that were very flat and were almost never explained but just appeared in "Uncle Marcos".  In "The Cask of Amontillado" there was a lot of use of elements, which I assume is in every short story.  I believe that is all and that is about all I've learned this week.