Survey.. if you were asked to read a japanese folktale.. would you care about the deeper meanig of the story?p
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yes i would care to know the deeper meaning to the story! it would interest me! good luck w/ ur research!
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try putting something dark like in a Japanese translator and pick from there. Elisabeth Bethory from medieval times that drank and bathed in the blood of her girl victims in hopes of keeping a young fresh. Goth, vampire-like, and sort of scary when you read more information about her at night when it's storming. Especially when I did it right after watching the movie.
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I have no clue as to the story you've spoken of. \nIf you began to research, and have begun to read the bible in search of this tale.. why not continue reading the bible, and get the true answers you're seaching for. You may not even be aware of the right question.. but your answer awaits you, in God's word.
1099765
this is from Inuyasha. inuyasha shouldn't be the only one to go through the well. the others should go to, they probably would want to see the future too. and maybe someone from gagome's time should come to the futal era as well. (just a thought)
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There's an excellent essay about this story at http://www.netwood.net/~kosenko/jackson.html .\nAs a teacher, I don't condone plagiarism, but perhaps by reading the essay you can understand more about what's going on in the story.  \n\nAs for comparison and contrast, you could look at the role of tradition in ancient and modern societies, but you'd need to do a little research.  Or you could discuss the change in Tessie Hutchinson's attitude about the lottery before and after her selection.  Also you could contrast the ordinariness of the setting with the horror of what takes place.\n\nGood luck.
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Oh! I love that story. We read it last semester. Have you read the story? It's really funny to read it and then think in the gutters. Our sub, Scott, taught us that. lol Anyway... okay... hm... thesis statement. \n\n"There are stories about fish and the like, but none quite like this. The boy in the story learns to grow after learning that his beloved Sheila is not what he thought she was. In the story the boy struggling with what he loves and what he thinks he is in love with. ([The story teaches about letting go, forgetting and growing up] <-- thesis)." \n\nOkay, to clarify the thesis:\n\nLetting go: Letting go of the fish and moving on.\nForgetting: He forgets that he can't very well catch a fish without her seeing, so he loses it. \nGrowing up: After he learns that Sheila Mant is not what he thought she but, but in fact a skany who9re (lol) he learns to move on and grow up. \n\nI hope this helped.
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...I vote you start with simple anime like...Rave Master, Fruits Basket, Jeanne, stuff like that...I wouldn't go for it until your older...and why don't you read the summary at the beginning of the book?
514289
I need know a little more about the story to answer this question.
35647
I think if it had a theme song, it should be an instrumental, as it would be hard to come up with lyrics that would be compatable with the intensity of the story. In addition, if you use an older classical piece that's in the public domain, it would eliminate some of the copyright issues.
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I was a strange child who had the entire Grimm's collection - my favourite story was the girl with silver hands.  Her father made a deal with the devil, she had to be filthy so the devil could snatch her, but her tears kept washing her hands so dear old dad chopped them off - then nobody wanted her so she got thrown out, wandered into a prince's garden and he fell in love and got her some silver hands.\n\nYou'd think that would be the happily ever after, right?  But the story kept going, including some murders and other lovely things.  :)  Fairy tales that haven't been edited for content are great!
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memoirs of a geisha.\n\nThe dam novel was better suited for an animation than a movie (but i suppose youll have to wait a while)\n\nTry the stories of terry pratchett. they are capable of being converted to cartoons but no ones paying any attention
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Wrong section to post this question.\n\nTry re-posting in Mythology and Folklore.\n\nPeace.
105252
ACK!!! *Stumbling across this post in my daily search through wolf related questions and blushing furiously* Truly thanx very much. That you enjoy my work means more to me than anything else. But heh I'm gonna say what I always say\n\nEh, it's ok...\n;cp
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There are a couple at ninjastories.com.  See the link below.  There are a few cool historical short stories at the second link.
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yeahhhh, have told but...when it comes to practice those stories become fairy tales only. &#92;\n\nHowever my husband-to-be has not told such, but we are a happy & loving couple. I know he will only love me until he'll die.
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I have a feeling it's a pervasive story.\n\nI just saw "Onibaba"-- a Japanese film that retells an old Buddhist story along the same lines.
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I enjoy reading about pioneer hardships, frontier life, hunting, home tending without modern conveniences, that sort of thing. Now, I have never read a historical fantasy novel from this genre and I think it would be cool. The research would probably be more abundantly available to you too, than going all the way back to the 1300's or whatever. I am a 40 yr old female, but you said no one responded before so I'm letting you know.\nI forgot-what shouldn't be there? I have had enough of bodice ripping romance.