Week 3 Reading Notes: Jewish Fairy Tales Part B

The Rabbi's Bogey Man- The pov for this story is closest to third person, without any true viewpoint character. Rabbi Lion is definitely the main character and focus of most of the story, but it isn't really told from his perspective. Rather than write what the rabbi is thinking, the story has him speak out loud to an empty room so an outside observer would be able to overhear. The first indication of emotion is that he looks troubled, not that he is troubled, and when the story does state how he feels there isn't any attempt to convey those emotions. During the scene with the king, the reader has just as much insight into how he feels as they do the rabbi.

I think it would be interesting to rewrite this story from the viewpoint of the first golem. It seems like she's capable of thinking, even if she has to obey orders, but since she's less rebellious than the second golem the reader never knows what she might be thinking.

                                                       
                                                             (The Rabbi's Bogey Man)