Story and Myth
(the particular and the universal)

Read and respond to the reading assignment.  If you use a fable, be sure to point out the myth not just the moral.

then...

for your writing task you pick and read a modern short story, novel, drama, or watch a movie and describe where the writer/director uses mythological symbols/archetypes-- images (circles),  characters (the hero),  themes (the garden),  and actions (the long journey)--to reach through the everyday sensibilities of the audience to touch their deeper emotions--purpose in life and death,  survival, safety, and kinship fears and hopes; courage; regret;  trust;  satisfaction (satiation).