Reading Notes: Ramayana, Part D

The battle between Rama and Ravana really grabbed my attention in this reading. I found this part very interesting, more interesting than the previous parts. I think I may use this battle as the basis for my storytelling assignment. In my week 2 project brainstorm, one of the potential topics I selected was epic battles so this could really help me with that. There are a lot of possibilities that I could expand on in my story. Maybe making it a huge battle with Rama and Ravana each leading a side. I really enjoyed this reading.

Bibliography: Narayan's Ramayana (Link)

Battle Scene (Source)

Reading Notes: Ramayana, Part C

The third part of the Ramayana opens up within some new characters as well as some old. I like that the king is still a character in this part. I thought it was really cool that Hanuman can turn into different things. That opens a ton of opportunity for what I could write about. The killing of Vali really stuck out to me. It seemed like there was a lot of build up and then when Vali is hit with the arrow and they just talk about why he is being killed and Vali was understanding I was kind of confused. I like that Vali understood that his actions got him killed and I think I could develop part of my story around a similar idea.

Bibliography: Narayan's Ramayan (Link)

Rama and Hanuman fighting Ravana (Source)