Reading Notes: Congo Unit, Part A

In this unit, there are multiple stories instead of just one continuous story. This is different than I am used to reading so far for this class but I think that it gives more options and variety as far as what I can write about during storytelling this week.

The stories are mostly about marriage or the lack/loss of it. As a story-teller, I typically try to just rewrite a story from a different point of view. I think that this creates a lot of perspective to a story and really can add a new and cool storyline.

When reading one story, How the Gazelle Got Married, I was interested specifically in the last paragraph of the story. It really brushed over this, but there was a battle between an antelope and the gazelle in the story for the daughters the gazelle had worked so hard to obtain. It was said in such a quick and light manner that I think I originally would have missed it.

I think this week I may want to write about that specific battle. Since it is so vague, there is a lot of freedom to write different storylines with it.

A Voice from the Congo by Herbert Ward. Source.