Reading Notes: Twenty-Two Goblins, Part B

Reading Notes: Twenty-Two Goblins, Part B

(The King fighting the Thief: Illustration by Perham W. Nahl)

Twenty-Two Goblins, translated by Arthur Ryder

The second part of this unit was just as interesting as the first, if not more. I noticed it previously, but there seems to be a similar naming convention for most of the characters. Many of them are named something that I assume is meant to describe them, whether by personality trait or physical. I took the most interest in some aspects of The Girl and the Thief out of this section of stories. I liked that the thief was a different character than most of the others that were meant to end up with the beautiful woman in the end. I also liked the girl from the story, Pearl, for similar reasons. She seemed to speak up more about what she wanted or did not want than many of the female characters from the other stories. The Conclusion was also interesting. I did not expect the monk to be shown as a villain in the end, and I think this was because the story focused on anything but the monk except during the beginning and end. I feel as though many people would expect the goblin to end up as the villain, at least in most other stories. I enjoyed this story taking a different approach and ending differently than expected.

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