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Stories: Mythological or real?

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The name of this course is Stories and our main focus is looking into how people tell stories differently. For this Action Project, we had to create our own mythological creature that helped us represent an SDG we chose. I chose SDG 5 which is all about Gender Equality. We took a short Field Experience to the Poetry Foundation. We looked at Monica Ong's exhibit called "Planatria" It gave me inspiration for my project. I made a hybrid named Ligon. 

We had to create a character profile for our hybrid creature. I really enjoyed doing this because it helped me tap into my creativity, I was able to use my knowledge of mythological creatures and greek mythology to try and fix a problem and create a Utopia.



My character profile:


The Ligon:

What does a Ligon look like?


Where does the Ligon originate from? 


The Ligon hails from areas of Southeast Asia, areas extending from Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. I chose these countries because dragons have appeared throughout Asian culture. From the year of the dragon to the dragon warriors.





Description: 


The Ligon has sharp talons to rip into the flesh of rhinos and leopards. Accompanied by dragon-like wings, it has the ability to swoop down onto land-locked or flying prey. The ligon is an apex predator. An expert at camouflage and an expert at covertness. The Ligon roams in a pack of 3 or 4. They are docile until provoked or when starved of food. They are found perched in trees or burrowing underground. They are mostly nocturnal and dwell in the darkness. They are not known for attacking humans. They are great protectors when imprinted onto a human, especially children. Females of the species are looked upon as matriarchs, with the male being the lesser of the two. It can persuade people into having loads of courage and strength. They can also shapeshift into human form.


Purpose:


The Ligon is here as the protector of women’s rights. They have adapted with time, to assess the problems of mankind. Their main "targets" if you will are sexist people. They use a form of telepathy to read people's minds to figure out who is sexist and who is not. They then shapeshift into their natural form or into the person's deepest fear to scare them. This creates a utopia because there is no one left who refuses to accept a woman's right to her body, and who refuses to accept common law.



This AP came easier for me, and I truly enjoyed working on this AP. I never knew that poetry could spark my mind the way that it did. I part with saying this, do you know who could be a Ligon, and who is not?


Thank you for reading my blog,


Sincerely,


LG.


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