Mark Graham
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I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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What is Life?
Living it Intensity of you to enjoy it.
By Mark Graham12 months ago in Poets
What is Death?
To die is to finally understand what life is.
By Mark Graham12 months ago in Poets
The Four Seasons
We need all the four seasons to balance out many basic aspects of living our lives. The leaves to me state the seasons as change. The green is for Spring and the renewal of living for the plants to the animals to even us humans. This is the time of planting and the organization of new projects. The yellow one for me is dealing with Summer when the organizing is complete it's time for maintenance in the many forms as in working through those projects started in the Spring. The reddish-orange leaf for me stands for Autumn and getting ready for the harvest season and storing for the Winter and getting closer and preparing to finish those various projects started in he Spring. The brown leaf on the end for me stands for the Winter season and the completion of the chores as well as finishing the various projects started in the Spring.
By Mark Graham12 months ago in Critique
Grimm's Fairy Tales #9
The next really short fairy tale that I read for the very first time is entitled 'The Old Man and His Grandson'. This story is a story of love and respect for your elders. The child of sees how his parents treat his grandfather and shows them in another way that they should respect and love him still. This little boy does come up with a very interesting and poignant way to show his parents their wrongdoing in caring for their parent, his grandfather. This is also a story of how children can teach adults to be better in showing respect. We should all love each other no matter how old we are and become. Again, please share your thoughts on this and the others, and by the way there are still more of these I plan on sharing. Thank you.
By Mark Graham12 months ago in Critique
Grimm's Fairy Tales #8
Here is another Grimm's Fairy Tale entitled 'The Death of the Little Hen'. This is the story that could be about being greedy for the little hen did not want to share a nut with a friend. The friend did try help by trying to fetch some water, but when he went to ask everyone wanted something. The friend was too late to save the little hen, and she died. The friend cried for his friend so loudly that other animals came, and they built a carriage and helped him take the little hen to be buried. They came to a stream and to figure a way to cross. They all tried to help but in the end the friend was alone to bury the little hen and cried till he died. This could be a lesson on learning about death and coping and how one copes with a death of a friend. It did seem that the other animals wanted to help, but could their real reason be for helping the friend. Please share your thoughts and it will be greatly appreciated.
By Mark Graham12 months ago in Critique
Grimm's Fairy Tales #7
Here is another very short fairy tale from Grimm's Fairy Tales entitled 'The Water Nixie'. This a tale of two young children who were playing beside a well and fell in it. The nixie appeared and took them to her place and made them work using tools that made the jobs very hard. The children had to find a way to escape this magical place and get home somehow. They used a few tools from a brush to a comb to a mirror to keep the nixie from catching them. I am not sure of this one, but I think the lesson would be to be careful when playing around wells or any place where water is present for one never knows what may be lurking in the depths. This one could teach about trusting others as well as maybe teaching about 'Stranger Danger'. Please share your ideas on this one. I would appreciate it very much.
By Mark Graham12 months ago in Critique
