Reading Notes: More Jataka Tales; Part A

All notes below are derived from More Jataka Tales, by E. C. Babbitt

The Girl Monkey and the String of Pearls

• Presentation of the story itself is in format of shot paragraphs, usually around 2-3 sentences, creates a sense of the developing of the story
• The dialogue, whether it was between the guards or the monkeys, was never divided into separate lines, but in concise paragraphs
• Pictures was inserted between the stories, rather than just the end.
• Theme in the story showcases the human weakness of arrogance, as in the monkeys showing off the pearls that she had to the other monkeys as a brag, which led to the confiscation of the pearls back

The Tricky Wolf and the Rats

• Alike most of the traditional stories of the faults of humans, this one was showcased in the wolf, where his trickery ended in him being exposed by the Chief Rat
• Images were also included
• This time, both images were included between the lines of the story, neither being at the end of the story as usual.
• This can be used to captivate the reader while they are reading the story
• The characters of the story was infrequently referred to in their prefixes, and often referred to as the names themselves, such as "the Wolf" or "Chief of the Rats"

(Wolf Hunting the Rats. Source: Gateway Classics)