Exploring folktales by ‫צורית כהן‬‎

Group 1 -The Bear and The Two Friends - Characters:

barda444 — 2014-08-27 12:18:34 UTC

This story has three main characters: the bear and the two friends. The interesting thing about their names is that we do not know them; they are not given in the tale. The friends seem to be close to one another, loyal and honest. Later we see that one of them is not so loyal to his friend because he betrays him and does not keep his promise to him. The kind, lovely bear is personified here and gets magical abilities when the friend who was abandoned tells us about what the bear whispered to him. The bear is the main character in this story. It teaches us the message and the important moral of the story.

Group 1 -The Bear and The Two Friends - Title:

barda444 — 2014-08-27 12:20:53 UTC

The titles of folktales are usually very simple and straightforward. The may contain the main characters in the story, the prominent occurrence in the story or the setting the story takes place in. The title here- "The two friends and the bear" tells us about what characters we are about to read about and the relationships between them. For example, there is this story we all know about the boy who shouted "Wolf, wolf" so we can simply call it "The boy who shouted wolf wolf".

Group 1 -The Bear and The Two Friends - Plot:

barda444 — 2014-08-27 12:23:02 UTC

The story has two four main occurrences divided into opening, midst of the story, and ending. The story opens with the two friends walk through the forest and promise to one another they will stay together in any case of danger. Later on, the notice a big scary bear coming towards them. As a response, one of them is running quickly to find a safe place to hide in while the second has no time to do so too and hopelessly lie down on the ground with his hands covering his head. Then, the bear appears to be not scary at all when it band down softly towards the man's ear and leaves quickly away. Finally, the friends meet again on the ground and the hopeless friend proves his friend about what he did, and we all learn the message the story is aimed to convey. In the story we find personification which is a literary element of giving human qualities to non-human entities.

Group 1 -The Bear and The Two Friends - Moral:

barda444 — 2014-08-27 12:23:58 UTC

The moral set by the story is that a friend in need a friend indeed. In addition, the story tells us (in the voice of the bear) that we'd better choose our friends carefully, so we won't get disappointed by them in case of crucial situation. The message is really important and we find it highly relevant to our social life today and in the future as well.

Ythji

barda444 — 2018-10-09 06:20:40 UTC