Response To Literature Paavo Kivikoski

Paavo Kivikoski
4/9/19
Writing S02/Literature E01
Ms. Correa
Response To “The Story About the Destruction of Atlantis”
Myths are very interesting stories to read. It is exciting to see how natural mysteries are
explained with the starring of Gods, supernatural characters, and special places. In the myth I
chose, The Story About The Destruction of Atlantis, all of these characteristics are included.
This story also includes a great plot to all around make a great story. All of these things added
up, little by little, to make a fun and interesting myth for anyone to read.
Characters are important to all myths and stories. The main characters in this myth are
Atlas, Ymir, Väinämöinen, Ilmarinen, Louhi, and Louhi’s daughter. Atlas and Ymir are two
giants who rule Atlantis in the beginning. Väinämöinen is a manly demi-god who is in love with
Louhi. Ilmarinen is Väinämöinen’s brother. Louhi is a beautiful witch, who is also the daughter
of Atlas. Louhi’s daughter is a beautiful maid working in Atlantis. All of these character are very
important.
Firstly, setting. The setting of this myth is crucial. This story takes place in the Finnish
island of Kalevala and a foggy island in the middle of the sea, Atlantis. The story seems to take
place in about 300 to 400 BCE. The location of this story affects the plot because if Atlantis was
closer to Kalevala, Atlantis would have been targeted heavier and would have been easier to
destroy. The time of the myth is also essential because if this story took place in the 21st century,
then there would’ve been weapons other than just swords and fire, which would have also made
it easier to destroy Atlantis.
Furthermore, the story starts off in Atlantis, where Atlas and Ymir are ruling. After the
end of their reign, Atlas’ pretty daughter, who is also a witch, rules Atlantis. In fact she was so
pretty many visited her many times a day, including Väinämöinen. Väinämöinen fell in love with
her, and though she thought he was manly, she started to hate Väinämöinen for bothering her.
After Louhi got older, Väinämöinen started to fall in love with her daughter. One day when
Väinämöinen came to Atlantis, Louhi told him that if his brother, Ilmarinen, builds her a magic
machine that grinds salt, grain, and gold, Väinämöinen can marry her daughter. So Ilmarinen
built the machine and brought it to Atlantis. Instead of giving Väinämöinen her daughter, she
instead gave her to Ilmarinen which left Väinämöinen in anger. Ilmarinen became an engineer at
Atlantis, but soon after, he was forged out of the island and told to leave Louhi’s daughter.
Seeing how rich Atlantis had gotten from the magic machine, both brothers felt anger and
decided to attack Atlantis. The brothers sailed to Atlantis, got the machine and burned the entire
Atlantis down. As they were sailing back, Louhi returned as an eagle and attacked the brothers.
Väinämöinen and Louhi had a fight to the death and the machine sunk to the bottom of the sea.
Still to this day the machine grinds salt, which is why the seas are salty.
In addition, dialogue was important to this story, even though was only used twice in this
story. The dialogue that was most important was “You old buck, you can go there, to the shed
and beg for love from the maids.” This quote gave Louhi an evil personality. This quote also
explained that she had planned the whole thing planned out. This is how dialogue advanced the
plot.
Lastly, character development also took place in this myth. In the beginning Louhi
seemed like a lovely person, but as she got more annoyed she became very evil. Väinämöinen
also seemed like a perfect person in the beginning, but after he destroyed Atlantis, it seemed like
he wasn’t very kind. This is the character development in the story.

In conclusion this myth was a fantastic choice. I would recommend this book to anyone
my age because it uses great description. For someone not Finnish, the names and places could
be a little confusing, but other than that it was great. Not too long, not too short, and also has
pictures. These were some reasons on why I read this amazing myth.

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it easier to destroy Atlantis.

he wasn’t very kind. This is the character development in the story.

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