Epics of India

Rama's Journey into the Woods: Although odd, I must obey my father's wish. I'll come back when my time is up. For now, I'll venture on. What could go wrong? The Goblin Island: Surrounded. They appear pleasant. Can't hurt. Image of Rama Seated on a Throne Author's Note:  For my first microfiction, I wrote a hint fiction, and for the second microfiction, I wrote a six word story. Everything I've written for this class thus far has been quite long, so I thought I'd mix it up a bit. For the first story, I took inspiration from the Ramayana and Rama's journey into the woods, and for the second story, I took inspiration from the short story about the island full of goblin women. It was difficult to convey full ideas in this short of space, so I worked on them for quite a while until I thought they were easy enough to follow given you knew what the background was.

For Part B of this week’s reading, I continued the cartoons on the first week of the Mahabharata. For this part, I chose to focus on the setting. What I noticed more from this week that I had not in the past is the use of setting to help character development .Generally when young men of importance to the story were being raised, much of it was done outside. It appears to make them seem more pure and in tune with their surroundings, which gives you a positive image of them that sticks as the story goes on. Image of Duryodhana and Drona 

For this week’s reading, I chose to cover the cartoons based on the Mahabharata. Although I have been covering character development in the past, I chose to continue it for this week. The common theme of revenge is ridiculously prevalent in a majority of the epics we’ve read for this class, and this week is no exception. In Amba’s story, the position she is put in by two kings is cruel, and she does what she can to exact her revenge on the one she feels has most wronged her. Image of Amba from the Mahabharata