I will start by saying I absolutely loved this story. The language in it, and the sentiment of it was beautiful. I think this was our first reading was because of what the appearance of Esteban does to the citizens of this village. He was a complete mystery to all of them, this large man that came from the ocean, yet they came up with his story, purely using their imaginations. And it inspired them to change their ways of thinking. That’s a lot of what writing and reading fiction and literature is about. This man’s appearance broadened their minds, and showed them something they had never thought about. “Oh this man is so tall, he can barely fit in my house when he’s laying down, imagine standing up? He would be so embarrassed to stand in my house, let me raise my ceilings.” That’s what reading can do to a person. Things are brought to our attention, and we change the way we think.
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Emmaine, thanks for getting things started this week! What you write expresses much of my reason for choosing this story first. It’s really a story about the power of stories, isn’t it? The people of the village use their imaginations to write a story for man without a story, and the story they create inspires them to be like the hero of the myth they have created.
Hi Emma-Aine, I appreciate your opinion on the reason for this particular piece being assigned as the first reading, and I actually agree. I thought similarly in that this piece is meant to “inspire to change the way of thinking.” We are meant to take something that seems concrete and create our own stories and express our own viewpoints about it, and hopefully inspire others to see it through a different lens.