After reading through the Tales of a Parrot unit, I started
realizing how common it is for some supernatural being to be apart of the
stories. From the Bible Unit to Life of The Buddha and now Tales of a Parrot,
it doesn’t matter the context, plot or characters, a God or gods are
somehow
incorporated.
Miemun and Khojisteh:After reading this first story of the unit, I was immediately infatuated by the
idea of a wise and almost mischievous parrot. The words and thoughts of the
small bird were so complex and eloquent that I knew the two together, man and bird,
would be a great combination.
There were two words I actually learned from reading this
little snippet. I had never heard of the words “hun” and “spikenard” so I left
the story with a larger vocabulary!
Khojisteh and theParrot: This story immediately turned for the worse! But it was so unexpected
that I actually enjoyed reading it all the way through. Even though the poor
sharuk died a horrible death of being beaten by the woman, the surprise of the
act made me more curious as I continued to read.
The Story of theParrot of Ferukh Beg: I learned the meaning of another new word, “sagacious,”
which means shrewd or good judgment. This word was used to describe another
parrot in Ferukh Beg’s household. I can respect the little fellow for not
wanting his master to divorce his wife for her affair while he was gone for a
year and a half, but marriage needs to be all about honesty so I wish he went
ahead and said something.
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