Lindsey's Epics

Sunday nights have been family filled for as long as I can remember... even longer than memory can serve me. Nine of my favorite and most cherished family members would be in my living room and we would eat, laugh, and just simply be in each other's presence. My mom is the middle child of 3 girls. When she was a child, her parents owned a restaurant in Miami that she and her sisters worked at starting at the age of 10. My grandparents make the best traditional Chinese food I have ever tasted. Every Sunday they come over and make some of my favorite dishes which include ketchup shrimp, peeking duck, sweet and sour chicken, and so much more. Some of my earliest memories with my grandparents include me in the kitchen helping them cook and learning their ways. I have always been close with my mom's parents as they have always lived in the same city as me. My cousins and I always fight about who is their favorite and I know it is definitely me as I call them almost everyday (and my ...

Throughout this reading, most of the stories contain a plot of an animal taking advantage of other animals, whether it be because of their size or strength. I wanted to pick out a couple of my favorites of the section that stood out to me in a thematic way or simply because I enjoyed the story and the writing. In  Silence is Golden , there is a familiarity to the tale that reminded me of The Lion King when Simba roared for the first time and it was very weak. I think a rewrite of this story as The Lion King could be an interesting take. In this tale, there was a cub that had the physical characters just like a lion, but had the voice of a jackal. One day while playing with other young lions, the cub wanted to frighten them by roaring. His roar was weak and like a yelp. The cub was not accepted by the other lions. I think changing the ending of this to make it more accepting could be an interesting way to show humility of the other lions and braveness of the lone cub. (Lion cub...

Throughout this reading, most of the stories contain a plot of an animal taking advantage of other animals, whether it be because of their size or strength. I wanted to pick out my favorites of the section that stood out to me in a thematic way or simply because I enjoyed the story and the writing. (The Giant Crab; Source:  GoodFreePhotos ) The first story,  The Giant Crab , teaches many lessons. The crab was greedy and that got him killed in the end. The elephants were brave and that got them the respect of many and eventually they became king and queen of the animals. I think this story is a great example of a type of story that could be used for many different themes. Some of the themes I saw right away were karmic actions, courage, and greediness. The Dishonest Friend  is a story that I think I could use as a possibility for my portfolio. One man asked his friend to watch over his plough while he was gone. The friend instead sold it and pocketed the money he ...