Reading Notes: Jamaica Anansi Stories A

From this unit, I decided to examine the A side as a whole and collectively gather bits and pieces of Information from some stories to see if  I can recreate a story as a whole.

Tiger Catching The Sheep-Thief

  • In this story, Mr. Anansi gives a chicken to a lady named Ms. Madder who understood it to be a gift and so she commences to eating the chicken
  • From what I could understand, Mr. Anansi is furious and wants something in return to make up for the chicken that was devoured.
  • He settles for one of Ms. Madder's sheep and takes it to his house and cuts up the sheep in front of Tiger and the family.
  • It was kind of hard to decipher the words that were being said in the dialogue. If I were to recreate this story, I would explore the notion of using different characters and stepping outside the Jamaican setting and change up the characters but maintain the same plot.                     Tiger Catching the Sheep-Thief by Martha Warren Beckwith
Tiger's Breakfast/Tiger's Bonehole
  • In this story, I see the patois dialogue that is heavily used in this unit between two characters named Hanansi and Tiger.
  • Hanansi tells Tiger that if he wants to eat breakfast that he should wait for a sound and when he does hear that specific sound then he can come and eat.
  • Hanansi questions where precisely does Tiger get his meat from because he always brings meat to the meal. Tiger than goes into detail about how he sizes up his prey (Cow) and goes straight for the throat which will enable him to stock up on as much meat as possible.
  • I loved the imagery and the use of emotion that was in the half of the story because it shows Tiger in both a protagonistic and an antagonistic light. If I were to recreate this story I would add more to this part and also entertain the idea of getting a perspective of the Cow's view.
  • In Tiger's Bonehole, it picks up from where Tiger and the meat left off in the first half. He then puts all the meat he gathered into a big pot and talks about his bonehole.
  • Anansi's wife and five kids also have an encounter with the bonehole. I was a little confused by the story so if I were to choose this part to recreate the whole story with a different cast. I find this story to be quite challenging but also fun and cannot wait to see what I can turn it into.
Tiger's Breakfast/Tiger's Bonehole by Martha Warren Beckwith

(photo:Tiger's Meat)

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