Metaphors In Aesop's Fables

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I read Aesop’s Fables. There are a lot of stories than my expectation, some stories are famous, but I didn’t know it is a part of it, and I enjoyed to read them. This is the educational stories for children, therefore it is written by a simple languages. Additionally, each story doesn’t use message as a metaphor, but tells directly it at the end. I find a curious fact about Aesop’s Fables, how it is used in Japan. According JAPANTODAY(2013), the most common adjectives that that Westerners chose when characterizing the people of Japan, as polite, punctual, formal, grouping, and so on. I think they’re right, though we feel the stress about them, we follow these stereotypes. We regard the importance to follow the group rules obediently both companies and …show more content…

The first one tells the messages as to prepare for the days of necessity, and never become idle. Though we have problems in groups or organizations, we don’t criticize them because we fear to stand out among people, therefore we stand with them. (And we know it makes a lot of stress for us). The second one also tells to be honest, because “A liar won’t be believed even when he speaks the truth.” This is common not only for a personal, but when you read this story, this boy makes a trouble for people. Japanese prefer these kinds of stories, and Aesop’s Fables contains a lot of stories, but I can understand why we talk about them, in the TV, media, because these message is the same as what we believe. We don’t like a kinds of “t The Wolf and the Lamb”. References: Paula, G. The top 10 words to describe Japanese people (according to foreigners) ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion. (August, 28, 2013). JAPANTODAY. Retrieved July 31, 2016, from

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