Jake's Mythology

This week, I continued to grow my foundation for my Peter Pan semester project! Strangely, the original story offers more and more proof for the chaos that Peter brings to Neverland. While he is gone, the island is described as being peaceful and lazy, since there is no fighting going on. I can add this in a description for one of my stories. Another twist that I can utilize is by explaining the condition of the Lost Boys. These are young boys that still have imaginations and have somehow made it to Neverland. Essentially, they are Peter's gang. However, the Lost Boys can "die in battle," or sometimes, Peter even "thinks them out" of Neverland. But what does this mean? I think I can provide two possible answers, either of which could be used in my story. One, these boys leave Neverland because they have lost the imagination that brought them there in the first place. The second option is that Peter sends them away once he no longer has any use to him. Per...

There once lived a young boy. His name was Aladdin. He loved nothing more than to play in the streets with his friends. Unfortunately, he loved playing a little too much. What started as several hours a day as a child soon turned into his entire existence. This became a problem as he grew older, as it prevented him from taking up a trade. This so grieved his father that finally, his father suddenly became ill and died. However, this did not stop the young boy's habits. He was oblivious to the world. One day, he and his friends took their playing from the streets into his house. After searching for new adventures, they eventually made their way into the attic. And it was here that everything changed. While Aladdin was playing hide-and-seek with his friends, he stumbled upon an old box of his father's belongings. In the center of this box sat a perfectly-jeweled ring. He could hear echoes of his father's voice from his childhood. ... "Aladdin." He woul...

Story 1: Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 1 I like in this story how the magician's evil plan backfires. He first deceives Aladdin into thinking that he is his uncle. Poor Aladdin! He blindly follows this man, hoping to eventually find a trade. The magician thinks that he can trick Aladdin into fetching this magic lamp, but has forgotten the obstinance of the young boy. By the end of this story, Aladdin is trapped into a dark cave, with nothing but the lamp and the ring! However, as he rubs the ring, a genie appears. One of the elements of this story that I could use is, as specific as it sounds, the idea of somebody pretending to be a relative in order to get something that they want. Oddly, this reminds me of the movie Wedding Crashers! Story 2: Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp 2 Here is another crazy sequence of magical events. I love that Aladdin and his mother now have access to two genies. They can ask for whatever they want! And indeed, they manage to live off these ma...

Story 1: Scheherazade This tale provides the introduction to the Arabian Nights sequence. In it, a brave young girl named Scheherazade has taken it upon herself to stop a terrible evil committed by the sultan. He was deceived by his own wife, and as a result of his anger, he has promised to sentence all of his future wives to death. He marries a new one each day and has her killed the next morning. However, Scheherazade has a plan to stop this, though this plan is not yet clear. At this point, she has begun a story just in time before her death. I could use several themes from this for my own storytelling. I like the idea of a brave character choosing a circumstance of near certain death, but with a plan of action for how to adjust his or her fate. I assume that Scheherazade has something in mind to avert the sultan's usual action. Perhaps this story would also look different if the roles were switched, and someone made a deal to assassinate the sultan. Story 2: The Merchant...