- designed to teach a simple lesson "moral"
message for the turtle/tortoise - "Slow but steady wins the race. Perseverance is key to success."
message for the rabbit/hare - "Be cautious of arrogance. Don't be over-confident."
search "celebrate too early"
James Thurber - funny writer, ironic, irony
fable -
"The Bears and the Monkeys"
monkeys use of vocabulary to trick the bears
fables use animals - stereotypes of their personality
- fox - sly, deceitful, untrustworthy, tricky
- monkeys - like children, smart, funny, mischievous
Glib - adjective
- (of words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow.
Vocab that the monkeys use to trick or scare the bears
"prisoners of pastime" - leisure time
"addicted to leap-bear" - dependent, reliant, associated with drugs
"slaves of honey and buns" - slavery, no freedom, property of humans, ownership of humans
decadance(n) - decadent(a) - moral or cultural decline, self-indulgent
Are the bears decadent?
"bright of eye" alert, aware "light of heart" lighthearted, carefree "quick of paw" also physically healthy
"liberate you from freedom" -take away freedom
"The New Liberation" opposite of liberation
symbols of slavery
"linked together with chains"
"ring in the ...nose"
"save you from the burden of electing your leaders"
"the dangers of choice" parent and child
"chanted the slogan"
"broke the chains of their new freedom"
gay - happy, joyful, homosexual (coopted)
“The Ninny” Anton Chekhov
Small Group Discussion Questions
1. Who has the power in this story? Where
does the power come from? How is this power expressed?
2. Imagine
Yulia stood up for herself. What might a
conversation between her and the man sound like? What would she say to him?
3. What is the meaning of the last line in
the story?
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