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Heroes of Greek Myth: Source I've only heard a handful of stories about Mythical Heroes.  Even in the ones that I am a little familiar with, I still don't know too much specifically.  I was interested in Greek Heroes when I was younger.  I've since moved onto more important things, in my own opinion.  However, it wouldn't be bad to revisit my old interests.  I would probably write about stories of major heroic characters in Greek Mythology, such as Heracles, Odysseus, and Jason.  I would probably write it as a narrative towards a younger child, just like how I was interested in it in the past as a child. Bible Stories: Source I come from a Christian background.  I'm familiar with most Bible stories, but I'm not proud to say that I don't know many of them.  I would probably write about more obscure stories that I, and perhaps others, aren't very familiar with.  I would try to write it so that it doesn't seem Biblical in nature.  It wo...

Week 2 Story: Squidward Tennisballs

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https://sites.google.com/view/nathanielvoportfolio/squidwards-art Squidward Tentacles works unending hours at the Krusty Krab restaurant as a lowly cashier.  He labors day after day to make enough to achieve his dreams: winning a dance competition, playing music at the Bubble Bowl, and being a movie star.  However, his dreams are shattered each and every day as he only makes a nickel for every day he works. Squidward spends his free time as an artist, dancer, and musician.  He enjoys dancing painting and building sculptures of himself, as well as playing his clarinet.  Despite all of his hobbies, Squidward has no friends.  He does not want to associate with his neighbors, SpongeBob and Patrick, as they spend their days blowing bubbles and fishing for jellyfish.  He once had a friend named Howard.  Howard shared many interests with Squidward, such as playing the bassoon, enjoys fine art, and especially dislikes blowing bubbles.  However, SpongeBo...

Week 2 Reading B

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Origin Stories: The Moon     The Man in the Moon :    The blacksmith wasn't satisfied with his life as a blacksmith because it was hot work, so he asked the wise man to be a stone, so he became a stone.  Then he saw that he was then underneath the stone-cutter, so he was made a stone-cutter.  Then the work of a stone-cutter was too much for him, so he asked to be the sun.  But the sun was hotter than all his other forms, so he asked to be the moon instead.  He then asked to be the moon, because it seemed cool.  But the heat from the sun was even greater, so he asked to be a blacksmith again, but the wise man refused to turn him back, and so the blacksmith ended as the moon. Laos Folk-Lore by Katherine Neville Fleeson   The Hare That Was Not Afraid to Die :    Buddha was born as a hare.  He had three friends.  Buddha taught moral law to each of his three friends.  He said to give to the poor.  His three ...

Reading Options

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Folklore of the Holy Land: Moslem, Christian, and Jewish:  I come from a Christian background, and I've always been curious about the parallels between the three Abrahamic Religions.  I've always wanted to understand because I see so many rifts between the religions, and I want to understand their differences. Adam and Eve:   Coming from a Christian background, the story of the creation of man is very cut and dry.  So I think it'll be interesting reading about folklore about it, and seeing how it would tie in with my own understandings. King Arthur:   I've always been curious and interested in the stories of King Arthur, but I've never read anything about it since I'm not too much of a reader.  So this would be a good opportunity to read the stories. A depiction of the Creation of Adam painted by Michelangelo