Reflections! How have you been? I've missed you, old pal

I am so ecstatic at this very moment for the shear fact that I get to write a reflection again. The blogs just all around sucked, so the chance to return to some familiar territory is amazing. I do have to say that not a lot has changed in the world of Michael Massie since our last encounter, old pal (I'm talking to the reflection). That is not necessarily a bad thing though, as I view my life as a happy one. I did have a bit of an interesting week though. Of coarse, any week where I get to be taught by the great Irvin-Rooney is an interesting one. She was right on the money this week by changing the way that we do things in class. The Socratic version of the blog proved to be a genius idea, in my opinion. We discussed a great many things that should be discussed by human beings and it was incredible. Just the whole manner of the thing was very therapeutic and relaxing. I think that doing things like that just shows how much we as humans have in common. It also stirs an extensive amount of thinking that I find helpful to my mind.

So many blogs that I've lost track, move back to blackboard

Stith Thompson was a professor that for years studied the one thing that is very common to our everyday life; stories. He showed this quite frankly through his text, "Universality of the Folktale." Everyday that we as humans live is filled with words that are spoken, written, and read. These words form to make sentences and these sentences form to make stories. Human communication simply would not exist without stories. Thompson was trying to get this through with this text, although he took story telling to another level. He more so analyzed every detail of common stories and the way that they are told around the world to basically become a pro on the subject. That is a great example of how ethos is used in this text. It was very interesting to read about the way that Thompson analyzes stories.

In "'Cinderella': A Story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal Conflicts" by Bruno Bettelheim, we get to take a good look behind the scenes of the classic story "Cinderella." Bettelheim examines this story closely, as he knows that it is probably the most famous fairy tale in all the world. He takes into effect that this story is about step-sibling rivalry, rather than rivalry. Bettelheim states that the reason for this is that no one would ever want or dream of having a pure-sibling such as the step-sisters of Cinderella. He compares this story to the Biblical one of Cain and Able. Bettelheim also digs into the reasons why the step-mother and step-sisters treat Cinderella the way that they do. Deep down, Cinderella knew that she was in fact better than the two of them so they tied her down with dirtiness and filthy treatment. Bettleheim also examines why this story is so popular across the world. The reason for this is that this story shows that no matter how hard life may be for you at the moment, there is a light at the end of the tunnel that awaits for you. The light at the end of the tunnel may be different for everyone, but none the less, there is a shot for everyone to improve their life and they will if they successfully take advantage of these opportunities.