Aesop's Fables

Most children's material used Bible stories and life lessons to give children the lessons of life. Books like Aesop's Fables2 and Children's Stories of the Bible3 children are taught things such as perserverance, hard work, patience, and obedience. Aesop's Fables teach children important lessons about how to live their lives. The stories vary from The Hare and the Tortoise, to Briar Rabbit, and The Ant and the Grasshopper. each of these stories are presented to children to teach them the lesson of perserverance by seeing how the tortoise never gave up and because of the haughtiness and pride of the hare, the tortoise won the race. The child that hears or reads this story may not realize that they are being taught lessons, but they will still begin to learn that pride and haughty attitudes will cause them to lose things that are important, while perseverance will lead to gain. obediences the other stories teach respect for others things, that disobedience will lead to trouble, and that hard work will take you further than laziness. Similarly, the Children's Stories of the Bible, which used to be a staple in most schools and homes, teaches the stories of the Bible characters, but also teaches the values that are taught in the stories. This book teaches the story of David and Goliath. Not only does it tell about how David did an amazing feat by defeating the giant but also teaches children to stand up

This research mainly focuses on answering the question that "either Aesop's fables are only for children or not"? Is it only for young school going children or for adults too? The main problem creating question is Why Aesop is considered as a childhood story teller only? Does not it have any effect on adults or the writer has targeted children and young people while writing the stories? All these questions will be answered in this research paper.

Some may say that Aesop is infamous for the life he led over 2000 years ago and mostly for the hundreds of fables that have been attributed to his name since. It is said that he was born into slavery, but was

Most stories are not just stories written to entertain the reader. Intentional or not, writers are often commentating on the world around them. Social commentary is interwoven in the fabric of novels, and it is often up to the reader to determine what they take away from any given work. Although written for entertainment’s sake, stories usually include the social or political views of the author and serve as a platform for their views to be made known.

“Aesop’s Fables” by Aesop is a story by people being about things to teach us a lesson to not be them.The Lighting Thief by Rick Riordan is about Percy finds out that he is a half-blood,son of Poseidon, and gets accused for stealing the lightening bolt.Ancient cultures continue to shape our world.These stories from Ancient Greece prove that there still rumors about these stories in Ancient Greece.

of the Odyssey and Book 6 of the Aeneid, since that is when both of

From the classical period until present day, artists have attempted to portray Aeschylus’ The Eumenides in various forms of art. However, in order to appreciate the work of these artist one must first become familiar with the subject of the myth they depict.

There is a connection that can be made between the students in my classroom and the writers of these ancient stories. “People from widely diverse backgrounds and educational experiences have made creative, innovative contributions to all aspects or art, culture, science, and knowledge through the ages” (Trilling & Fadel, 2009, pg. 57). This quote sums up the fact that creativity can come from all people, whether it is the original creator or those that are centuries removed from that creation, time period, etc.

“The Lightning Thief” by Rick Riordan, is about Percy Jackson who finds out that he is the son of Poseidon and is offered a quest to save a was between the gods. ”Aesop Fables” by Aesop is a collection of novels written by a freed African slave. ”Aesop Fables” uses animals to teach life lessons. Ancient cultures continue to shape our world. These stories from Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt prove that stories can shape our world by teaching us how to be better people today.

Once the Odyssey had entered an orbit around Earth, Chief Steward Pars stood at the front of the cabin and announced, “Ladies and gentlemen, we will begin our tour. Please follow me.”

For this week reading assignment, I had chosen to read a tale from Aesop’s collection. Aesop was a seventh century BC Greek story-teller whose witty short tales have entertained and instructed countless of generations of young students. For example, my Grammar school teacher presented me a collection of his tales as a birthday gift, one and a half score years ago. Aesop was eminently popular in the Roman-Byzantine world; his tales were a required reading in grammar school curricula (Herrin, 2009). Traces of his tales can be discerned even in the “Sayings of the [Monastic] Elders” (Gerondikon); in fact, the story I have chosen to read is recorded as having been reenacted in real life by a wise dying ancient monk in Egypt.

One of the hopes in using a fable is to teach a lesson without offending a persons

So, why and who would think of making story’s like this? Well, Aesop of Sardis was the one to use this structure of story. It can be argued that Aesop wasn’t a real person, but a meta-fable (A fable that talks about fables). If Aesop was a real person, who was he really?

‘Seas of story’ is how Marina Warner refers to the world of fairy tales. The fairy tales world is a vast field of study which many scholars have tried to exhaust with minimum success. Scholars have spent a lifetime trying to understand the history of fairy tales only to realize they have only dipped their toes in the vast sea.

Some may say that Aesop is infamous for the life he led over 2000 years ago and mostly for the hundreds of fables that have been attributed to his name since. Aesop’s fables have reached countless generations since he is reported to have been alive, and they continue to be a part of the lives of many. Not every fable, however, that has been linked to Aesop is his own original material. In actuality, there are many fables attributed to Aesop that, for a variety of reasons, couldn’t possibly be his own. In many ways the unclear authorship of the fables is at the fault of the storytelling tradition, many details are naturally lost and/or altered. However the storytelling tradition is also responsible for the survival of the Aesop Fables—if