Day 17

Wang the Peddler(new folk tale)


In the new Chinese folk-tale that i have just read, the story was about a man that knew he had to get into the city to sell his coal that he was gathering. One day his wife told him that she wanted a beautiful comb, made of wood, that was beautiful like it was used in the imperial courts.He went to the city, and sold all his coal. Then he went in search for the something that his wife had wanted. He had forgot exactly what she wanted, and bought her a mirror because he remembered only that what she wanted, had to be mooned shaped like a crescent.  


Similarities: I see no kind of similarities in the story. The morals are way different. The lesson that i learned in this one is worry of getting your job done can interfere with life at home. The lesson learned in the story I am translating is do not lie because you will get caught up in it. No similarity.  


All the differences are listed above but there is one significance in both stories. The number 2. in the new story there is 2 people, he has 2 caskets of bamboo that carry the coal. The mooned shaped crescent is used twice as well. In my story there is 2 people, 2 days and nights, 2 lectures, 2 encounters with Mary.  


The message of the story i have just read is told above. That work, or your job can interfere with your family, and social life. It can effect it a great day. Some people come home from their jobs stressed, and are in bad moods. Sometimes cuts are mad within the corporation, and people go into depression because they think their life is over. Many reasons cause people to act like this but these are some of the main reasons.