Author: Skylyn

  • THe Nights Prologue Initial Thoughts

    The prologue of The Arabian Nights is littered with controversial topics and disturbing imagery. Reading it feels like going on a rollercoaster blindfolded with people screaming random words in your ears. There is so much going on that focusing on one lesson or topic can feel incredibly overwhelming. Despite the assault on my senses which…

  • Staninger Summary

    269 words Disney’s Aladdin has faced some criticism for its depiction of Middle Eastern stereotypes, but not nearly enough. The Disney movie greatly “Americanized” it’s protagonists, giving them very western ideals, mannerisms, and even basing them off of incredibly American actors. This is placed in contrast to the stereotypes which are used in the design…

  • Paraphrase

    Original: The failure of past translations lies in assuming the work to be other than what it was intended to be.  Paraphrase: 1. Older renderings of the work are not sufficient due to the idea that the work is something other than the original intention.  2. An incorrect presumption about what the original was, has…

  • Should WE read the nights?

    The Arabian Nights is a text which has existed in some form for thousands of years. It has been read, studied and enjoyed by millions of audiences all over the world and now we are reading it here in this class. This text is full of examples of problematic racial and sexist issues, but does…

  • Writing About Writing

    I have never considered myself a writer. A Storyteller? Yes, but never a writer. I always wrote what I had to to get through the class or the project, but nothing more. Not to say that I am bad at writing, because I have often been praised for how I can turn a phrase or…

  • The Great Allentown Fair

    My first step into the fairgrounds is an overwhelming shock to the senses that no amount of visits to county fairs in Western PA could have prepared me for. The sheer vastness of the fairgrounds coupled with the magnitude of human bodies shifting through it is enough to send my head spinning with possibilities and…

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