Diana Liang's response

1. From Twitter I felt that people still followed the Teleological time because they often started off the tweet with “this morning…” or “after work…” or “tonight…”. People often posted what they were about to do because of something that happened to them earlier in the day either at work or at school. It is also hard to get away from Teleological time since we are so use to it and also Twitter tells you when the tweet was posted. Only some people reported on random instances in their lifetime which would reflect the stellar time because I remember looking at a tweet and saying to myself “oh yea that has happened to me before” or felt that there was something I could relate to. I was affected by what people were posting because some people posted interesting articles and news that I ever heard of before. Thereby learning from each classmate and gaining more knowledge.

2.In The Tale of the Bull and the Ass two types of time exist. The story begins with the bull complaining to the donkey about all the labor he must do. The donkey gives him advice as to how he can get out doing work. A farmer gifted with the power to understand animals overhears all this. The farmer makes the donkey do all of the bull’s work. At the end of this story, the donkey tricks the bull back into doing his work. The farmer laughs at the two and begins another story about the farmer and his wife. In this story the farmer also takes advice from the dog regarding his wife. These two stories are told in the Teleological time format because the story is told as things happen and also shows a cause and effect relationship. The next story is involved jumps to tell about the king and a lady by the name of Scheherazade who is transported into his bed room. The story is linked to the previous two stories because Scheherazade hears of them. This is an example of Stella time because the characters in the two stories are intermingling with Scheherazade and affects her life.

3. I think that the Tale of the Husband and the Parrot would be well received by the Islamic countries today. I base my opinion on the recent law passed by the Afghanistan’s government which is the law that it is legal for a man to rape his wife. The law was revoked later on due to pressure from other countries. However this shows that women are treated as second class citizens . In the tale of the Husband and the Parrot, the husband beats his wife when he finds out about her lover. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512556,00.html