Cade Posner

 For my project I am going to tell a story that takes place in the famous Yellowstone National Park. My hope is to have the characters all be animals, such as a fish, bear, and hawk. Each animal is unique in their own way and can observe different things-from the water, land, and air. I would like to demonstrate the changes the park has seen over the years. My research link below will help me include sacred places such as the hot springs. I also would like to include the impact the Native Americans had on the land before others visited. I have viewed a couple folklore stories that take place in the Yellowstone and focus on ghost, but they help me get a better understanding for the scene and plot that could be implemented in my own story. "Swept Over: Ghosts of the Lower Falls" does an excellent job incorporating real places within a folklore tale.  https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/ghost-stories/yellowstone-ghost-stories/ https://www.worldwidewriter.co.uk/native-americans...

For this feedback focused blog I read the two articles Be a Mirror: Give Readers Feedback That Fosters a Growth Mindset and Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!" I enjoyed reading both of these articles and found them to be very interesting. I really enjoy reading about growth mindset and I try to implement that philosophy into my own life. The first article Be a Mirror talked about the five qualities that foster a growth mindset, be specific, focus on the what, focus on the process, make sure it can transfer, and take yourself out of the feedback. These are all created to helping give feedback on others writings which in this class is very helpful with the amount of writing we do. The second article was even better. I find today so many people are ok with being mediocre or being par, as long as they get credit or pass. This article shows readers that people need to be pushed instead of being praised for mediocrity. Within the article there are some steps for people to give...

Apuleius's Golden Ass, as translated into English by Tony Kline (2013). This tale describes the escape of Lucius and the woman. These two had been held prisoner by an old woman. The donkey worked up the courage to break free from his harness after using the robbers encouragement. As the donkey breaks free he the old woman with her hawk like eyes sees him. As he runs by with al this might she reaches out to grab a rope. To much amazement she is able to hold on reigning him back in. Though with much fight the donkey uses his hind legs to kick her down. Though she has not given up. He drags her along the ground as she screams out for help. His courage and resilience to break free is used when the girl mounts his back. She yells out to the sky “O gods above,’ she cried, ‘help me now in my desperate plight. And you, crueler Fortune, cease your fury at last. I should have atoned enough in your eyes given all these piteous torments I’ve endured. And you, protector of my life and freedom, ...

The Iliad retold by Alfred J. Church (1907). This tale recounts the events that started off the great battle between Troy and Sparta. It all started when Troy a prince married Helen. The King had made all the princes of Greece promise not to fight over his daughter once she married. They must not steal away his daughter from the prince she marries. This was all good and well until he passed away. In comes Sparta a young prince who was son of Priam, King of Troy. This Paris carried off the Fair Helen, and with her much gold and many precious stones. Menelaüs and his brother Agamemnon sent to the princes of Greece and said, "Now you must keep your oath, and help us to get back the Fair Helen." So they all came to a place called Aulis, with many ships and men. Others also who had not taken the oath came with them. The greatest of these chiefs were these: Diomed, son of Tydeus; Ajax the Greater and Ajax the Less, and Teucer the Archer, who was brother of Ajax the Greater; Nestor,...