The Three Wishes by Ricardo E. Algeria, I found the three different folktales very interesting. The first entitled Juan Bobo, the Sow, and the Chicks I did not fully understand the lesson or moral to come from this folktale. Could it possibly be the whooping Juan received at the end that he shall never forget? I just done get what a reader should take from reading this folktale. The second folktale entitled The Ant in Search of Her Leg I liked the most. I think this folktale has a sort of religious meaning attached to it. It expresses to readers many elements of the earth but then in the end shows that God is the most powerful ruling over all. This folktale in particular I feel represents the value of religion and the belief that God triumphs over all. The last story The Witch's Skin was a fun read to me, I never read a story on witches and how to get rid of them, so reading about this beautiful women who actually was a witch interested me. I was a bit taken back at how this story ended, I expected the husband to maybe expose his wife and not just kill her so quickly.
Juan Bobo: A Folkloric information system by Sarai Lastra gave me a better understanding of puerto Rico's upbringing with the United States, and their fight for their culture to be kept alive. The United States pushed for English to be spoken and taught to students within the schools of Puerto Rico but that would not be fair to puerto Rico's culture. They would be abounding their history and what they have known. I feel if that were to happen back then, Puerto Rico would have lost its identity and America would have taken it over.
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