Taiwei Chang

A few days ago. I made a dream, in that dream, I went and indulged in a fantasy world. A huge beach pea grew in the world. A man fell asleep in the pod of that beach pea. I was surprised by the peace of this world since there are no animals in my vision. Trees, brooks, and breezes were full in the area.  At the time that I was curious about why this place has no other lives. A raven had appeared. As the raven stopped, he lifted one of his wings and pushed up the beak, as though it were a mask. Suddenly, the raven changed to a human. He looks just like a gentleman, kind, and sagacious.  He smiled and asked, "Hi traveler, welcome to ancient Alaska."  I replied, "Who are you? Are you a spirit?"  He said, "No, I am the god of Alaska, my name is Raven. My job is to create creatures and laws for this area."  "Wow, that would be a defiantly amazing job. However, I think you will face many problems as you do what you need to do." I share my idea with him...

This story is part of the  Alaskan Legends unit . Story source:  Myths and Legends of Alaska , edited by Katharine Berry Judson (1911). In this part, different stories do not have many connections with each other. For example, the first story, it tells the origin of the Chilkat Blanket while the second tells the story about the origin of women. In the former part, stories are coherent. Two different writing strategies exist in one storybook. I think both of them would be a good strategy to build my own project.  For now, I prefer the second strategy cause I want readers to find some relationships between different stories when they read. Also, I do not think that those relationships should only be some simple factors such as characters appear in one place. But, different characters with various emotions and personalities may confront some similar situations. They would react diversely, and their reactions would lead to disparate outcomes.  Besides, I enjoy the plots ...

This story is part of the Alaskan Legends unit . Story source: Myths and Legends of Alaska , edited by Katharine Berry Judson (1911). This part of the story told us a story about Raven created the world. It is very interesting since people see the Raven played a role just like God in the Alaskan Legends. Raven created people, other animals, and the world.  Although Raven had a similar power with God, differences still existed, Raven did not punish any people, he taught and instructed. In my view, this is definitely a part of Raven's charming. As the man who created the world, he did not show emotions such as anger or cold-blooded, but he showed patience and concern. This is very important for all of the legends I think, such a character could even influence the culture internally. If we assume that Raven is a spiritual leader, he would definitely transmit several positive values to people who live in the Alaskan.  We always could find that myths would be connected to many rel...