The Fall Dragon: A Short Story

“Slaying the Dragon” by Deborah Gee is a comprehensive look at media stereotypes of Asian and Asian American women since the silent era. From the racist use of white actors to portray Asians in early Hollywood films, through the success of Anna May Wong’s sinister dragon lady, to Suzie Wong and the ‘50s geisha girls, to the Asian-American anchorwoman of today. The movie also shows how stereotypes of exoticism and docility have affected the perception of Asian-American women.

“I don’t know,” I told her. It was an easy way out, a way to not have any more worries pile up. She shot me a look, that I unfortunately

The story begins with the description of a deep night and two men bent by their lonely fire. These men are speaking about a strange, mysterious creature, which seems to ruin everything on its way. They are talking about a dreadful dragon, which is described with much detail: “This dragon, they say his eyes are fire. His breath a white gas; you can see him bum across the dark lands”, “Passing, the black brunt of its shoulder smashed the remaining horse and rider a hundred feet against the side of a boulder, wailing, wailing, the dragon shrieking, the fire all about, around, under it, a pink, yellow, orange sun-fire with

If one wanted to see the sights of the vast world, there were many places to gaze upon the wonders of nature and of man.

In the novel, Dealing With Dragons, by Patricia C. Wrede, the main character Cimorene does not want to be a proper princess.Since she does not like being a proper princess, she runs away from her castle and wedding then goes to a dragon's cave and becomes Kazul’s princess.While she is the dragon’s princess she saves them from a couple of wizards, Zemenar and Antorell, and a dragon, Woraug, from becoming king and giving the wizards the crystal plate.Cimorene shows unprincess-like behavior.

“I am not too sure,” she said quietly. “I have not been able to examine her or speak to her about that.”

What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you think of the word dragon? Myth? Conspiracy? Well, there's a lot more to dragons then you may think. According to legend, there are many kinds: European, Asian, sea serpent, fire drake, great earth dragon, water dragon, golden dragon. The list goes on. Those were the ones that will be discussed now.

“Then how do you explain all the things that still happen to them now?” Savannah then asked me now sounding implacable.

“Yeah, sure,” he admitted. “I saw her a while ago. She sure was in a foul mood, I mean a lot more than normal.”

He looked in my direction, surprised, then he smiled. “Yes, I’ll explain everything, don’t worry. This won’t take a long time, I suppose.”

“Of course,” I said. “Do not worry. I shall only being speaking with the giant from now on,” he joked. “It will be a quick chat.”

“So quick to assume,” he breathed out, voice rumbling slightly as he stepped closer. “Though, in her defense, she always was a rather private person.”

Struck by lightning as a teenager, and now prone to wrecking electrical devices when within reach, it’s clear from the beginning that Andy Kerimov is not your average boy. Because of his sudden immunity to computers and televisions, Andy must discover other ways to entertain himself. He picks up reading, finds a man who teaches him archery and becomes a rather remarkable chef for which his family is grateful.

What elements in the story “The Dragon” represent the Freudian Conscious mind? 
Make sure to provide quotes and references from the story to support your answer. (3 Marks)
Throughout the short story, it is evident that at times the psychiatrist retreats to his conscious state often. This is shown when the psychiatrist unwittingly sits in Kirk’s chair and looked at his office as if it were his first time there. Unknowingly the psychiatrist had “moved around to the other side of the circle and lowered himself into Kirk’s chair”. This shows his conscious mind making decisions revealing his true feelings, that the psychiatrist deeply relates to Kirk and can easily put himself in Kirk’s shoes.

It was a cold December night and everyone was out doing the usual, and the weatherman had a 70 percent chance of snow by the morning, and everybody went to sleep, and when everybody woke up the next morning, and no snow has fallen, and everybody was shocked because there was usually snow by this time, but there was no snow, so everybody met up in the town hall and had a meeting, and everybody was yelling and worried, some people thought the world was ending, but some people said it was the snow dragon, and so the townspeople said they couldn’t do something about the global warming so they were looking for three volunteers to go out and talk to the snow dragon and see what happen, they found the volunteers, the first one was Pluto Anderson,