08.27.07
Norse Myths and Classical Myths: Thirty-Fourth Post (Structure)
Hawthorne told both of the King Midas myths together in one story. They connected pretty well, but it didn’t make for a unified story in feeling at all. I’m really not sure why Hawthorne set up this book the way he did. The first couple of stories are each extremely long and make up more than half the length (probably close to three-fourths) and then there are a bunch of very short random stories after that. It’s extremely odd!