My Journal Entry

When constructing my fable, I first thought about what I wanted the moral to be and how I was going to construct a story based on that moral. The resolution is positive because the two brothers work together and live long, happy lives. The moral is that being honest and a hard worker is the key to success and happiness. I think the surprise to the reader is that the brother converts from being dishonest and participating in illegal acts to becoming a loving, honest brother again. I would say that would be pretty surprising. I did not refer back to Machiavelli’s fable, I mostly used the Standard Fable Form that was handed out in class to make sure I was following the guidelines. The most challenging part of the piece was to wrap up the scenario and to have a good ending that would really reel the audience into the fable. I feel this was a warm up to a stronger story and the next story will be more detailed and better because of this assignment.