Blog #5 (Sandman Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman)

The hero of the series is, simply, Dream. His identity is a rather philosophical matter, as he is not so much a god of dream, but rather, the embodiment of the very concept of dream itself. At the beginning of the story, Dream is summoned by a human mystic, and caged. Seventy years later, when he escapes from his prison, he finds his kingdom in ruins, and must return to himself the symbolic garments of his reign to rebuild it. This except from the book is very eery and creepy. I did not really find this work interesting. It was not my type of reading, i felt that this work was for someone more into the dark types of leerature in the world. And with the idea that this book was written a while ago, maybe this book was written for those in that time period who were starting to be interested in these type of things. Maybe the time period represented a dark and creepy nature, and the many authors of this time were only just starting to write like this to appraise the readers of the novel.

Blog #4 (American Indian Myths and Legends Ed. by Richard Erdoes & Alfonso Ortiz)

Stories and legends often represent the heart and soul of a culture. They tell tale of creation of life, the supernatural, higher beings, and even explain such miniscule things as why the crow is black and why a beaver’s tale is flat. Perhaps the greatest storytelling culture is that of the American Indian, a culture so committed and dedicated to oral history, myths, and legends. In Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz’s colorful collection, American Indian Myths and Legends, these stories help give reason to creation, life and death, spirits, love, human and animal relations, and thoughts on war and warrior code. While those tales are few and far between, the remainder of the book is filled with comical and meaningful tales meant to teach children and adults how to be good people. Even those with no knowledge of the Native. American culture will find it easy to take something away from one, if not all, of these stories. 
These stories are meant to teach everyone about the culture and have then understand why the creators choose to tell these specific ones. I found these stories interesting and had me interpreting every story in many different ways. It had me thinking of of the ways these stories can be applied to the times of now and how they were applied to the times of the Native Indians.