Chapter 9 -Literature

For this chapter "It's Greek to me" I compared it to the poem "Siren Song" by Margaret Atwood. Foster explains early on the a Myth is more than just a Fictional story, many categories fall under a myth including Shakespearean stories, biblical stories, Fairy Tales and folk stories. Although some of theses stories are defiantly untrue some of course are not. he also say that a Myth is a way to describe something, or tell a story that no one under any other field of knowledge could describe in the same way. He defines it as a body of story that matters. Every area or community has a story or may a say stories that "matters" maybe depending on their race, ethnicity, religion, global positioning, climate, or culture. This is how many myths arise in certain areas. Stories about how something came to be or why things are celebrated on a certain day. I compared this chapter to "Siren Song" by Margaret Atwood. This poem describe the tantalizing song of the sirens that typically draws in males on ships. The Myth of the Sirens seems to be portraying a life lesson to its audience. One of self discipline and curiosity, and the importance of never straying too far from ones path especially if the outcomes are not known. Other than this story being a Myth itself, i figured that by reading this I have began to think that most myths have a lesson behind them, a reason for writing or a desired piece of knowledge that should be taken away from the reading that in some way or another help the reader and guide them one day in a time of doubt.