Reading Notes: The Cock Who Caused a Fight Between Part B

For my reading this week on I decided to explore the Nigerian unit of the week and have been heavily inspired by what the unit had to offer. In Part A, I read about the King who Married the Cock's Daughter and was entertained by the aspect of it. For my part B, I decided to go with something similar to that with a story called The Cock Who Caused a Fight Between Two Towns. The story talks about two half brothers, Ekpo and Etim, who were very rich and came from different fathers. Ekpo had a cock who would always bother him whenever Ekpo would sit down to have meals. They have a jealous friend named Ama Ukwa who is envious of their riches and would like to tear them apart. Looking at the elements that are in the story, it kind of reminds me of Othello to an extent with Ama Ukwa being the Iago of Old Town. The story then transitions to the Cock being stolen and then leads to the pet cock being killed. For my story I would remix the story into the same plot but different characters and instead of Cock I would use another animal that is more exotic so that it can make things more drastic. My favorite part of the story was when there was a feast laid out and the cock begins to wreck havoc. Why I liked it so much was because it lets the reader imagine how crazy the cock was acting in the feast and then it reminds me of experiences that I have witnessed in movies or from friends back home that have pets who have done this. Instead of Nigeria, I could set the story in some state in America along with having my own Ama Ukwa in the role of a woman or have the boys be presented as women. There are so many things that I can work with that are presented in this passage and I am happy to cover it .
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(photo: Ekpo's Cock)
 Bibliography: The Cock Who Caused a Fight Between Two Towns by Elphinstone Dayrell Web Source         

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