Reading

 The book that I read was a children’s picture book about a man on a walk and his experience with the elements. The sun and the wind are personified and the wind becomes strong and makes his journey rough until the sun comes back out for him and makes him hot again. I think the story would be done in a very similar way in an American children’s book. The way that the sun and the wind were personified is something that I see a lot in books over here, even with the character of the man being calm but affected by the elements. I also read a book about praying mantises. That book was much more simple and I was able to easily understand each page of the book. It was a cool experience reading both books, because while I was not able to understand everything the first book said. I was able to understand the gist of the story which was a cool experience to be able to understand native writing, especially when I was able to quickly and easily read the second book that I picked up. The second book was much more simple and for younger kids, but when speaking about aspects of praying mantises, the book said that it had kama’s for their arms. I thought that was interesting because many people here do not know what kamas are and many children’s books here would not include weapons at all, so I found it interesting that kids over there would know what they are and have it be included in a book.