Reading Notes: PDE Mahabharata

Bibliography
PDE Mahabharata. Link to reading.


I like the story of Devavrata and how he came to be divine
I also like the part where Bhishma goes to battle for the 3 princesses, I just don’t know what I would do with it like how I would change it I would have to brainstorm
i could definitely work with the scene where the Great God tells Amba she must slain Bhishma I like how empowered she is in this scene
I love the story of Karna’s birth and how he came to be found and adopted as of now this is my favorite part
:( Drupada was so mean to Drona it actually made me sad
but I could see myself writing this part of the story in a much more modern and relatable way! **** consider
the story of ekalavya is relatable, could relate it to like a kid in school wanting to get in with the cool kids, or a person wanting a job thats out of their league, or a kid wanting to do something with his friends but his parent won’t let him??
ooooo so Karna comes back to the tournament and he doesn’t know that he has a brother or that Kunti is his mom (drama!!!!)
gosh the drama between Drona and Drupada is intense and said I hate how Drona is making his little puppy dog Ekalavya get his revenge for him… but i could twist it or just add my own stuff
“let the house be filled with only wooden furniture and let the furniture be soaked in oil, so that they may readily burn” ah, evil.

Ekalavya. Image source: Blogspot.

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!

An Unlikely Friendship

Fawn and Tiger. Photo: Web Source.

One early morning a young fawn goes out to graze on grass for breakfast. The same morning, a little tiger goes out to find some breakfast of his own.
As the fawn wanders around fields looking for luscious grass, she sees the little tiger watching her close. She says “hello little tiger! come over to me.” and over came the little tiger. As the little tiger approaches, fawn has no fear. She exclaims “oh little tiger, your stripes are so pretty!” and little tiger replies “so are your spots.”
The little tiger knows that a fawn would be a delicious breakfast, but he is intrigued by her kindness and fearlessness.
“Oh won’t you come search for sweet grass with me, then we can eat together little tiger!”
The two wander the field until the fawn finds the grass she wants to eat, but the little tiger says “Fawn, I am sorry, but I just don’t like to eat grass.”
The fawn says “Oh little tiger don’t fret, I will find you something to eat.”
The fawn trots back to her home, where she asks her mother what she could giver her new friend to eat. Her mother says frantically “Sweetie, tigers are not our friends. You mustn’t go back to see the little tiger, for your life will be in danger.”
But the fawn said “No momma, this tiger is kind. He wouldn’t eat me!”
Concerned, the fawn’s mother tells her “Baby, I know you would love to have a new tiger friend, but you see… Tigers eat fawn’s. They are dangerous predators."
The fawn gathered some berries, and got ready to leave, but her mother just wouldn’t let her go. Just as fawn sets the berries down, there is a knock at the door. Mother opens the door to see a little tiger patiently waiting.
The fawn says “Little tiger! Look here, I have you some fresh picked berries!”
“Berries sound delicious fawn, may I come in to eat them with you?” says the little tiger.
Mother replies hesitantly, “Only if it is the berries you truly wish to eat…”
Little tiger politely says “Oh yes ma’am fawn!"
The little tiger then joined the fawn and her mother for breakfast consisting of fresh berries. He enjoyed them greatly, and even had seconds. And every day after that day, the fawn and the tiger ate breakfast together.




Authors Note
The Fawn and The Little Tiger
The fable begins similar to my story, with the fawn and the little tiger searching for breakfast. The tiger refuses to eat the grass, so the fawn goes home to find him something. The fawn’s mother tells how lucky she was to escape the tiger’s presence alive, and how tigers are the most dangerous predators in the wild. The fawn then trembles in fear of what could have happened if she went back to the tiger. I basically kept the ideas from the first part of the story, but changed the ending by making the friendship between the fawn and the little tiger continue.


Bibliography
“The Fawn and The Little Tiger” from Indian Fables by Ramaswami Raju. Web source.

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.

Famous Last Words: Surviving Sickness

Okay... So just a little background on my week... Well the first week of classes I ended up in the hospital (for an unknown reason because of abdominal pains). Ever since then, I can't seem to get rid of viruses!
First of all, I never get sick. I am one of the healthiest people you'll meet! But this week I felt bad one day, woke up the next day with a horrible stomach flu. The day after that I woke up with no voice at all! Now it has moved down into my chest into a chest cold...
Needless to say the last couple weeks have been rough, and I have actually fallen behind on this course. I am working on planning out my weeks so that I can get fully caught up on everything.
My reading this past week went well I got some good ideas and enjoyed the stories, but never got to write my own story or complete the second part of the writing. This week is definitely going to be a game of catch up in all my classes. And not the fun kind of game...

One of my favorite parts of this course is getting to read other people's writing. I have never been good at writing, but it's so fascinating to me! I love seeing other people's creativity because I have very little of it! Haha. It is cool how every one has different emotional connections to different things and stories so all the ways that we make ties to create new stories in this process makes every one of our stories so unique and original.

I am excited to get back on track and caught up so that I can really focus on all this course has to offer!

Sick Puppy. Image Source: Clipartfest.