Reading Notes: Week 2 Anthology
Bibliography: Aesop's Fables-The Lion
There were two fables about the lion that stood out the most to me. The first was "The Lion's Share." In this, a lion, fox, jackal, and wolf went hunting together. They killed a stag, and the lion ordered it cut into four parts. The lion then declared that all four parts of the stag belonged to him, and the other animals got none. This is a moral that rings true. The rich and powerful, the lion in this case, get rich on the labor of the less powerful. I could use this idea to tell a story about a CEO of a lucrative company making a ton of money from the labor of his workers and sharing none with them.
The other fable that stood out was the "Lion and the Statue" fable. In this, a man tries to argue that men are more powerful than lions because there is a statue showing a man defeating a lion. The lion contends that this is not accurate because the statue was crafted by men. The moral is that we often represent things as we want them to appear.
There were two fables about the lion that stood out the most to me. The first was "The Lion's Share." In this, a lion, fox, jackal, and wolf went hunting together. They killed a stag, and the lion ordered it cut into four parts. The lion then declared that all four parts of the stag belonged to him, and the other animals got none. This is a moral that rings true. The rich and powerful, the lion in this case, get rich on the labor of the less powerful. I could use this idea to tell a story about a CEO of a lucrative company making a ton of money from the labor of his workers and sharing none with them.
The other fable that stood out was the "Lion and the Statue" fable. In this, a man tries to argue that men are more powerful than lions because there is a statue showing a man defeating a lion. The lion contends that this is not accurate because the statue was crafted by men. The moral is that we often represent things as we want them to appear.
I am so glad you liked the Aesop's fables, Andy! There are Aesop's fable units scattered throughout the UnTextbook, in the Classical weeks of course, but then again later in the English weeks and in the European weeks with La Fontaine's French fables. Lots of Aesop... which means: lots of lions! :-)
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