Reading Notes: Persian Tales - The Wolf Aunt
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Reading Notes:
The first thing I really enjoyed about this story is how it is a representation of Persian cultural familial values. I think it would be interesting to put a different spin on it and do it for a different culture. This would really make a good retold version of the story and I think the overall theme is fairly easy to recreate. The story is told to teach children to distrust their fathers sister, not specifically their aunt in general.
The story mentions how a family is struggling and a father is out picking thorns to help them survive by selling them. On his journey back home, he meets a stranger who ends up being his sister. He hasn't seen his sister in awhile, but she is welcoming and invites him in. After he tells the troubles his family are having his sister invites them into their home. All seems to be going well, until one of the fathers children sees their fathers sister is actually a wolf disguised as a human while she is feasting on a man. It turns out that she only invited their family in to fatten them up and then eat them. The father doesn't believe him when his wife tries to explain, so everyone leaves that night except the husband. The husband quickly realizes that he should've trusted his wife whenever his 'sister' who is actually a wolf reveals herself. The father is eaten but the rest of the family gets away safely.
- Might be beneficial to add names
- Keep common theme
- Refer back to before the story to see context of cultural relevance
- Try to use different cultural values
- Be more descriptive whenever rewriting
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