Billy Ray Blog #1
I decided to take this course for a few different reasons. One, being that I’ve already had Dr. Esa as a professor in the past. Two, is because I've always loved short stories (especially stories based off myths, etc.). The other reason I wanted to take this class was because I’m really interested in learning about fairy-tales and such from other cultures. As Americans we know the typical fairy-tales like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, etc. However, us Americans don’t know much about the tales from other cultures all over the world. I plan on majoring in Cinema because I love movies. I plan on trying to make films one day, so I feel like this class will help me with that for a few different reasons. Reading more of these stories will help expand my imagination a bit. I feel as though I am already a creative writer, but some of these fairy-tales may inspire me to write something similar. Another reason I feel as though I would benefit from this class, is because of al