Reading Notes: More Jatakas Part B
How the Monkey Saved His Troop - My first thought after reading this was "People eat monkey meat?"
The Hawks and their Friends - I am most interested in how the hawks managed to make friends with such varied creatures; it's not very common. Seems very Breakfast Club-like.
The Brave Little Bowman - Was he called the crooked little man because of his back or also because of his character? Or both, as a nice little word play?
The Foolhardy Wolf - Silly wolf, you have to train yourself up to be able to battle a wolf. This seemed to have a similar message as the Brave Little Bowman - can't grow overconfident and think that you (the mentee) can do better things than your mentor without putting the work.
The Stolen Plow - I liked how this story played out, but at the same time, I can't help thinking that keeping someone else's plow is much different than keeping someone else's child. It's too much of an escalation.
The Lion in Bad Company - It's kind of cool to read these because you get the sense that people from all over the world, all from different cultures teach their children/people similar messages such as be careful of what company you keep.
The Wise Goat and the Wolf - I've been trying to figure out what animals are usually used as good characters and which are used as bad characters since Western tradition kind of uses certain animals and doesn't intermingle. As far as I remember, the wolf seems to be one of the typical bad characters.
Prince Wicked and the Grateful Animals - I could really imagine this story to be read as a nice bedtime story for children, especially with that happily ever after ending.
Beauty and the Brownie - The ending of this seemed quite anti-climatic or a bit incomplete. I wish there was more. Possible story to extend and remake
The Elephant and the Dog - This story ended happily but was justice served? I like reading jatakas because I feel like they do a good job generally about having some sort of justice. Nothing happened to the keeper who separated the two - he wouldn't have to receive a horrible present, just something to deter him from doing this again.
Bibliography - More Jataka Tales. Ellen C. Babbitt. Link
The Hawks and their Friends - I am most interested in how the hawks managed to make friends with such varied creatures; it's not very common. Seems very Breakfast Club-like.
The Brave Little Bowman - Was he called the crooked little man because of his back or also because of his character? Or both, as a nice little word play?
The Foolhardy Wolf - Silly wolf, you have to train yourself up to be able to battle a wolf. This seemed to have a similar message as the Brave Little Bowman - can't grow overconfident and think that you (the mentee) can do better things than your mentor without putting the work.
The Stolen Plow - I liked how this story played out, but at the same time, I can't help thinking that keeping someone else's plow is much different than keeping someone else's child. It's too much of an escalation.
The Lion in Bad Company - It's kind of cool to read these because you get the sense that people from all over the world, all from different cultures teach their children/people similar messages such as be careful of what company you keep.
The Wise Goat and the Wolf - I've been trying to figure out what animals are usually used as good characters and which are used as bad characters since Western tradition kind of uses certain animals and doesn't intermingle. As far as I remember, the wolf seems to be one of the typical bad characters.
Prince Wicked and the Grateful Animals - I could really imagine this story to be read as a nice bedtime story for children, especially with that happily ever after ending.
Beauty and the Brownie - The ending of this seemed quite anti-climatic or a bit incomplete. I wish there was more. Possible story to extend and remake
The Elephant and the Dog - This story ended happily but was justice served? I like reading jatakas because I feel like they do a good job generally about having some sort of justice. Nothing happened to the keeper who separated the two - he wouldn't have to receive a horrible present, just something to deter him from doing this again.
The only picture I could find with both an elephant and a dog [Source]
Bibliography - More Jataka Tales. Ellen C. Babbitt. Link
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