"The Beginning of Wisdom"

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This paper discusses the story of an African fable, "The Beginning of Wisdom". It suggests that the story appears to have a hierarchical structure in a series of events; all of the needs of humankind were already present within the Maker. Priorities are made in the fable, and the Maker appears to have a part in how they unfold.

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"Literary Studies: Analyzing and Comprehending an African Fable: "The Beginning of Wisdom" Introduction: The story written in this chapter reveals that the tale may have been created in a primitive age, when man was beginning to learn how to shelter himself from the weather. One of the reasons why oral "entertainment tradition" was important is that native tribes did not yet have the ability to write down their stories. This explains why fables, such "The Beginning of Wisdom" does not associate any particular author or creator to this mythical tale. Furthermore, the `myth' in this tale is representative of a collective consciousness of a particular tribe of culture, which cannot be pigeonholed into a single authorship. Essay 1: The most probable implied meaning in this story may have little to do with actually learning how to build a house, but is far more related to the objective of `wisdom' in the fable. "

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