I loved Androcles and
the Lion because it had such a happy ending and a good moral. Based on the
other fables before it, I was bracing myself for the lion to eat Androcles
because he had been starved for days (animal cruelty)! But I was very pleased
with the ending. Lions are just big cats :)
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| (Lion's Face from Free Stock Photos) |
The Fox and the Lion
reminded me of something I learned in my Psychology of Prejudice course last
semester: it’s human nature to fear the unknown, which is why we utilize
stereotypes as a way to categorize the world and reduce uncertainty. When we
run into something we are unfamiliar with, fear is a common response. But the
more we are exposed to something, the less fearful we are.
I liked The Wolf and
the Crane the most from the wolf stories because although the Crane didn’t
get its reward, it didn’t get eaten like practically all the other animals on
this page!
The Cat-Maiden made
me laugh because I thought of how my cats would act and how silly it would look
if they were turned into people! All I would have to do to get them to act
crazy would be to get out the laser pointer.
The Hare With Many
Friends was my favorite story from the Cats and Dogs page all the way
through the Hares. It sort of showed an interesting psychology concept called
the bystander effect in which people are much less likely to help someone if
there are others around because they feel a diffusion of responsibility.
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