Fable Journal 2

It actually was very difficult for me to determine an anecdote to use in my fable. I fumbled and even began writing on multiple ideas, but none of them seemed to have the feeling that I was going for. As for my resolution, it is definitely a positive resolution. Junior learns that he needs to work hard to get further in life, and when he does work hard he earns the right to his father’s business. The moral explicit moral of my story is that hard work pays off, but my implicit moral is that it isn’t worth doing if it isn’t done right. I do think that my both of my reversal’s come across successfully because when Junior changes his mindset, it is pretty blatant. When Frankie changes his mind about Junior, it is pretty blatant as well. I do think that it shocked the reader as well. It shocked me at least, and I am the one who wrote it. I most definitely returned to Machiavelli for help with my fable, especially with the context. I am still a little confused about how setting up the background of the story is different than the context, so I just followed Machiavelli. The most challenging part of this assignment was using the fable structure. I felt like I had to go to certain places with my fable that I would not have gone had I just written a story. This happened most during the context section. I had some problem with the context. I really didn’t enjoy the structure of this assignment, but as a loose structure for future assignments I can see its value. I kind of just like writing by the seat of my pants if you will.