Author: awallman

I enjoyed watching the documentary because I find it fascinating to hear how prominent people in history get to be so important and learn about how they grew up. I thought it was interesting that Confucius was always into much more mature ways of spending his time–like learning new concepts and ideas while other kids… Continue reading BBC Documentary on Confucius

I thought all the poems we read were so beautiful. The thing that was most interesting to me though was the fact that the translations were so different between each of the years (even 2000 to 2003). Some years poems would be really short and other years they would be really long, and it seemed… Continue reading Poems 1-40

I thought this story was very entertaining, but also very different than anything else I have ever read. It kind of reminded me of a folktale (I took a class where we read a lot of folktales) because of the randomness of it all. The story and its customs didn’t seem all too different from… Continue reading “Tiger fighter”

I really enjoy reading fictional stories like this that are based in other cultures. It helps me understand what is normal or abnormal for that culture, how the people in that culture speak, and how stories are written. This one specifically was interesting because the story showed me several ways in which American restaurants and… Continue reading After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town