The Raven Steals the Light

The Raven Steals the Light

By: Bill Reid and Robert Bringhurst

• The Raven, who had and always would exist, had been struggling to catch his food in the dark for a long time and soon enough, all his fumbling around got him really close to the house on the river.

Characters

• The Raven heard a voice. It was the old man, whispering to himself about how no one in the universe would ever get to see the light. At that moment, the Raven decided that he would steal the light so he would not have to fly in the dark anymore, and everything in the world could start to grow and live.

Story

• Raven - Protagonist of the story; he tried to

get the light back into the world by taking from the man

• Heroic Qualities:
• Intelligent
• Considerate of others (with the exception of the antagonist, the Old Man)
• Anti-Heroic Qualities:
• Sneaky
• Old Man - Antagonist of the story; he keeps the light hidden in his cabin and lets the world go without it
• Anti-Heroic Qualities:
• Inconsiderate
• Daughter

Theme

Statement

5 W's +Conflict

• The theme statement for this story is that if you cannot see what is going to happen in the future, do not be quick to judge because you might not have the wiser answer.

• Before there was life on earth there was only a man and his daughter who lived in a cabin on the bank of a river. There was nothing growing or living in the world because the whole universe was dark and there was no light to be found.The man hid a secret in the cabin. He kept a giant box in his house and inside that box was another box, and then another, and then infinite boxes until the last box was so small, it could only hold all the light in the universe.

Type of Myth: Creation

• Who:
• Raven
• Old Man
• Daughter
• What (Conflict):
• The man has the light hidden in his house so the Raven steals the light from the him
• Why (Conflict):
• Raven did not want to fly in the dark and he wanted the world to being to have life
• Where:
• On the bank of a river,
• When:
• Before there was life on earth

• Raven wanted to steal the light from

the old man. When the old man's daughter came down to the river to fetch water, Raven changed himself into a hemlock needle and floated into her basket. The girl swallowed him when she drank the water. Inside her belly, Raven turned himself into a human baby. After he was born, the old man loved him too much. Raven gained every bit of the man's trust, and spoiled his grandson by giving in to the child's every wish.

• Raven wanted to play with the box that held the light. The old man could not say "No," so he opened the box and gave the ball of light to Raven. Raven changed into his bird form and flew up the chimney with the light. The man flew after him. Raven got tired from carrying the heavy light, so he dropped it and it broke into pieces. Then they all flew up into the sky. These pieces became the stars,

moon, and sun.

The End!

Thank You

Prezi by:

Ava MacDonald