Richard Cory

This is my recitation of Richard Cory.

ANCIENT STORIES

When analyzing the text and language used in the story the "White Buffalo Calf Women" I notice there is an acute difference between the common day to day language that I hear others use and the language that makes up the text of the tale. When speaking to others formally, I may make a special effort to use language somewhat along the lines of the kind used in the story, but in a relaxed and casual conversation I tend to "dumb it down" for the sake of maintaining a steady friendly relationship. I found the text to be very informative and well constructed. I fell this was done so that the story would be taken as more truthful than just as a story.

I believe, in stories such as this where the sole purpose of its creation is to tell a moral or teach a lesson, it is not particularly important the story is repeated back word for word. As long as the principal teaching or moral is maintained within the texts then the story is serving its purpose. Once the message has been corrupted, that's where altercations to the text are unacceptable. But, as with most stories, the moral is always clearly identified and usually well preserved upon retelling the tale.