Famous Last Words: Getting Caught Up

Valentines Day. Image Source.

This week I finished all parts of the Public Domain Ramayana. I have been behind, and am still behind in this course due to reasons I posted about last week! So I am really working on getting caught up. I am hoping to be completely caught up by the end of this week.

I did my storytelling post as a planning post about the story of the two bird brothers, and I am actually excited to complete my own take on it this week! I think I will be able to do a lot with it.

I enjoyed reading other people’s work this weekend. I haven’t read a story I didn’t like, everyone is so creative! It’s fun seeing what everyone has to say.

Just as in this class, I am playing catch up in my other classes. I have a calc 2 test this week I am super nervous for so I am definitely focusing on that a lot as well. It’s Valentines Day tomorrow which makes me so happy! I actually recently just went through a break up with a boy I had been with for a long time. (Boo). But I am still so excited for V-day. I can’t wait to cuddle with my roomie and friends, and watch romance movies and eat cookies! I have always loved Valentines day, whether I spent it alone or with someone. Valentines doesn’t have to be about romance, just love in general! <3


So I hope to be on track in this class by the end of this week, certainly by next week! I have mapped out my week so that I can dedicate the time needed to this course to complete all the work and extra credit too! The set up of this class is so helpful and structured, so I think that I will be able to catch up with few issues!

Story Planning: Bird Brotherhood

i could make some changes to the scene where rama kills valid and helps sugriva. i kind of just want to change like the dynamic of the whole thing. maybe have rama kill vali in a different way so that his relationship with sugriva could be different

change meaning of “mahamatras” to the officials of the cat kingdom instead of monkeys
i like how tara refers to her husband as her hero thats cute
i think I would keep those gender roles the same even though in my story rama is a girl
i could make “the rainy season” super dramatic and make Rama go in to the kingdom even though he is not supposed to, plus it is the rainy season. I could make something dramatic happen when he enters
“armies of cats” … haha. I could make them all big cats! (not house cats) like panthers and/or tigers and/or lions and/or jaguars.
i could have the king of cats and king of mice instead of monkeys and bears. a little different vibe, but it would be cute
i will keep jatayu a bird because that makes sense he’s like a messenger bird and comes to tell them they are going in the right direction
i love the story of the birds and Sampati’s wings and how they got burnt, so i might really want to focus on that and change it up a little
i also like the part of Hanuman’s Leap. i could do a lot with that
also… hanuman and sita meeting
Ravana sets Hanuman’s tail on fire :-(
I like how Vibhishana leaves Ravana to ally with Rama


My favorite parts of this section were the story about the bird’s wings and how the bird himself told the story about how it happened and everything, and also Hanuman’s leap and him encountering the demon. I think I could do a lot with these stories


I want to focus on Sampati and Jatayu and how Sampati hurt his wings.
I might change the story and make something else cause the trouble …
like another bird flew into the brothers, and Sampati broke his wings diving to save him. also, I might make them a different kind of bird than a vulture… I don’t like vultures.

Sampati. Image Source: Blogspot.

Bibliography

Public Domain Ramayana. Link to text.

Reading Notes: Public Domain Ramayana Part D

Bibliography
Public Domain Ramayana. Link to text.


a number of sections tell the story of the battle and what’s going on during all of that, but this particular part isn’t sticking out to me
i like drama. so i could use the part where Ravana convinces Sita that Rama is dead, and then his son tries to do the same to Rama about Sita and expand on it
I like the part when Ravana is seeking revenge and almost kills Lakshmana, but then he is healed. I would keep the general plot of it, but change minor details
i love the scene of Ravana’s death with the flaming weapon in his heart the imagery and description is really cool, so I could use this
i don’t think i want to focus on Ravana’s funeral though
wow I did not see that coming… Rama breaking up with Sita that was surprising and kind of sad
I like how Sita wants to like prove herself though and is not just letting Rama decide her self worth
i could focus on the reuniting of Rama and Bharata because of how close they were and because of Bharata had said about killing himself if Rama did not return after his exile.
another plot twist Rama sending Sita into exile
and seemingly for no reason at all?
I could definitely focus on the departure of Sita then Lakshmana going to heaven and then Rama leaving also, but I am not sure what I would want to do with it…


I’m thinking I could focus on the part when Ravana attempts to kill Lakshmana and fails, and then Ravana is killed because I feel like I can do a lot with the plot and details.

Battle. Image source: Blogspot.

Reading Notes: Public Domain Ramayana Part C

Bibliography
Public Domain Ramayana. Link to reading.

i might change the king of monkeys to be the king of cats :-)
i could make some changes to the scene where rama kills valid and helps sugriva. i kind of just want to change like the dynamic of the whole thing. maybe have rama kill vali in a different way so that his relationship with sugriva could be different
change meaning of “mahamatras” to the officials of the cat kingdom instead of monkeys
i like how tara refers to her husband as her hero thats cute
i think I would keep those gender roles the same even though in my story rama is a girl
i could make “the rainy season” super dramatic and make Rama go in to the kingdom even though he is not supposed to, plus it is the rainy season. I could make something dramatic happen when he enters
“armies of cats” … haha. I could make them all big cats! (not house cats) like panthers and/or tigers and/or lions and/or jaguars.
i could have the king of cats and king of mice instead of monkeys and bears. a little different vibe, but it would be cute
i will keep jatayu a bird because that makes sense he’s like a messenger bird and comes to tell them they are going in the right direction
i love the story of the birds and Sampati’s wings and how they got burnt, so i might really want to focus on that and change it up a little
i also like the part of Hanuman’s Leap. i could do a lot with that
also… hanuman and sita meeting
Ravana sets Hanuman’s tail on fire :-(
I like how Vibhishana leaves Ravana to ally with Rama


My favorite parts of this section were the story about the bird’s wings and how the bird himself told the story about how it happened and everything, and also Hanuman’s leap and him encountering the demon. I think I could do a lot with these stories

Hanuman and the rakshasi. Image source: Blogspot.