Cortazar

The story of the Axolotl was super interesting, in the aspect of how the writer continuously changed positions throughout the text.  At first, he went to see the axolotl as the aquarium and then he began writing from the aspect of one of these creatures.  The text was mind bending and took a lot of concentration to keep up with what perspective he was writing from.  The story reminded me of times when I was younger and I wished I could view the world from the eyes of another animal.  I wondered how their lives differed from mine and what thoughts, if any, ran through their minds.  I did enjoy the text and how the author wrote.  It made a simply story about a fish into something that people could use as a comparison with their own lives and their views on the world. 

Popol Vuh: the Dawn of Life

In the first five chapters of "Popol Vuh: the Dawn of Life," the creation of humans was an obstacle for the Gods to encounter.  The stories of their failed attempts of mastering a human that would remember and adore the Gods, was very interesting in comparison to other stories I have heard about the creation of humans because they used so many different resources to make human beings.  This text is great for individuals who are concerned with how humans were created and the different stories there are involving our creation.  My favorite part of the text would have to be when the Gods decided to kill off the wooden humans because of the extreme measures that were taken in order to do so.  “The one called Xecotcovach came and gouged out their eyes; Camalotz came and cut off their heads; Cotzbalam came and devoured their flesh.  Tucumbalm came, too, and broke and mangled their bones and their nerves, and grounded and crumbled their bones.”  I did enjoy the reading because it did humor me a bit.  I did like how they showed that the Gods did fail at times but kept working to create the human of their desires.