Reading of tales..........

We are assigned to read several tales in the course books which include "Mahabharata", "The Son of the Turtle-Spirit" and some Aesop's Fables. I thought this idea was really nice, as I think reading tales is a pleasure, and also relaxing. Certainly, there are some tasks for us after reading too, which is to figure out some answers of the questions related to the tales.

The more I read about the tale, the more I found about the moral values and its implication to the readers' life. The creation of tale is a way of expressing myths, legends or even some fantasy idea that we have had sometimes in our life. That was what I thought! So, for me, reading tales are like reading someone's piece of mind. However, this time with the task that we need to fulfilled beside reading. It actually lead me to think about the uses and purposes of the tales in our society. Then, I started to realize that, in fact, we give advices or criticize some behaviors or mindset that are thought to be destructive to our society through the reading of the tales.

For example, in "Mahabharata", I figured out that it reminds us the important virtue of our life-to hold on our promise, do not be greedy and be satisfied with what we already have. As for "The Son of the Turtle-Spirit", it tells us about some violence and dark side matters happened in our society, then how can it be used to teach us moral values? Therefore, I come to understand that also by understanding the personality of the characters, we learn that do not follow what it to be wrong and always reflect our own behaviour.

Well, I guess I gained pretty much insights and have my knowledge expended on the tales. Thanks to Dr. Edwin!It'll never be the same for the second times reading even with the same text,I guess.