Blog #12

I am going to examine the shaggy dog stories for my short analysis essay and I plan on asking and finding answers for the following questions: What types of violence are used in a "successful" shaggy dog story and why? I am going to do some examining for each shaggy dog story available on the blog that has some form of violence and take all the notes available from class and hopefully draw a conclusion. I will also consider the overall popularity of each story. Is the violence bloody? Or is it unrealistic, like a cartoon? And who is the victim here? What kind of character is the perpetrator? These are a few subquestions that will help me answer the main question.