The Lion and the Statue (Jacobs 35): The moral of a story is
that we can easily represent things as we wish them to be. A man and a lion
were trying to discuss their strength relative to each other. The man reasoned
himself to be stronger than the lion due to his greater intelligence. After the
lion saw the statue that portrayed Hercules overcoming a lion, the lion told
him it proves nothing since the statue is manmade. I think there is a stronger
morale to the story since the man thought that since he perceived himself to be
of greater intelligence he would be able to fool the lion by what he is trying
to portray.
The Lion and the Statue (Crane 30): This story is short but
has a great lesson to be learned. The story depends on the teller is the moral
of the story which portrays how subjectivity plays a role in storytelling. The
story here was told through a form of art, a statue in specific. This shows how
art is subjective from the author and the audiences side. The author can use
art to display their own point of view on a specific matter. While the audience
can also perceive the art using their own point of view. So the story depends
on teller but also depends on what the listener chooses to take from it.
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The Ass in the Lion’s Skin (Crane 29): This story portrayed
the typical clumsiness of the ass. The moral of the story is “Impostors
generally forget something” which is true and something that I personally can
relate to. In Lebanon, we have a saying that “the rope of lies short” which
means that if you lie eventually you will get caught regardless of how sly you
are. I feel the author portrayed the same thing in this story but made it more
universal to be applicable on impostors also.
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