Reading Notes: Week 2 Anthology

Indian Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1912).

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The Tiger, The Brahman, and the Jackal


 Image of a Tiger


It is interesting that the Jackal is the Trickster in this story. When I think of Tricksters, I think of the coyote or the raven, or the god Loki. The Tiger is the most interesting character of this story for me. Maybe I can change it to where the Tiger did not actually say he was going to eat the Brahman? He just thought he heard the Tiger say that. The Jackal tricks him for nothing, and the Tiger dies for nothing. Then it turns into more of a fable about stereotypes and how appearances can be deceiving than a story about tricksters. I would have to figure out a reason for the Tiger to still be there when the Brahman and the Jackal go back to the cage though. Maybe the Tiger thought the Brahman would bring him dinner? That puts the "let us begin our dinner" part of the story into an entirely new context.

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