"Trickster Tales" Ed. by Matt Dembicki

"Trickster Tales" composed of two stories "Raven the Trickster" and "The Wolf and the Mink" which involves deception and trickery. In  "Raven the Trickster", the raven gets into trouble due to curiosity, but also manages to escape form the whale due to curiosity. The raven showed how deceiving he was when he lied to the hunters about the whale being cursed and as a result the keeps all the blubber and meat.  "The Wolf and the Mink", the mink and the wolf were tricksters, but one was better than the other. The wold managed to put the mink to sleep with a boring story and ate all his fish. In order to trick the mink into believing that the did eat the fish, he put bones and pieces in the minks mouth. In the end the mink thought he ate the fish. Trickery can be used to deceive others and get out of trouble.

“Graphic Memoirs Come of Age” by William Bradley/ "American Born Chinese" by Gene Luen Yang

In “Graphic Memoirs Come of Age”, William Bradley talks about how graphic novels are a form of literature and a more detailed and sophisticated version of comics. Bradley would go on to praise books that he is fond of such as "Are You My Mother" stating that the author uses visualization to sate her thoughts and make the story more clear. Different terms were used in this passage such as auto-bio comic and graphic memoir. While more works are considered by the readers to be comics, Bradley feels that their more like essays because of how much more complex they are. A lot of authors have trouble narrating their life, and not realizing that their is specific pattern to follow. In the end it is the writer's choice to decide what to leave out and what to emphasize on.
 "American Born Chinese" by Gene Luen Yang is a very influential graphic novel which teaches the readers the right way to act in life and society. I believe the moral of the story is that one should not be too greedy and should not seek for more if they already have enough. Greediness and desire for power can lead to consequences and can hurt the ones you care about.

American Indian Myths and Legends Ed. by Richard Erdoes & Alfonso Ortiz

Many myths and folktales from all cultures around the world have been told and altered in order for them to have a presence in modern society. As time passes, norms change and people have different perspectives, so myths tend to be altered in order to adjust to the current society. This is a way for myths and folktales to be preserved and still be relevant. As said in "American Indian Myths and Legends Ed.", the link between the past and the present through myths is always strong. Thanks to folktales and myths, cultures and norms has been passed down and preserved and for this passage in general, Indian history. The tone of this passage seems to be against English literature. The author believes that because of white culture, Indian literature is becoming lost and misrepresented. Myths and folktales will continue to live on and although they are told in different ways, they will continue to impact society.