Reading Notes: Congo Part A

I think the husband from the first tale should be more appreciative of his wives all putting in effort to find him and raise him from the dead. I also agree with the latter opinion of the final paragraph. How Gazelle Got Married had an interesting plot. I liked the idea of only giving the daughter away for marriage if the man can guess their name. I thought it was ironic when Nsassi also forgot the names of the daughters. The Vanishing Wife had a very sad ending. I did not  enjoy Buite's character very much. The Jealous Wife had a main theme of karma. There were a lot of twists in the plot of Mpunia and Ngomba's story. It is really sad that a child had to die. The shortest and most disturbing story was The Wicked Husband. The husband got what he deserved for torturing his wife. Karma seems to be a reoccurring theme in this unit. I was caught by surprise when I read that the twin brothers were basically adults at their birth. I enjoyed reading this unit because all of the stories were tied together by including wives as main characters. There were a few stories that were really short and left holes in the plot. I think it will be fun to pick a story and talk about why some of the things are happening in the tale!

Image Information: The Congo Santa Ana Lake, Web Source: Max Pixel
Bibliography:  Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort by Richard Edward Dennett, Web Source: The Congo Unit