Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Week 3 Reading Diary B:Public Domain Ramayana

While reading A focused more on Rama and his ascension to the thrown, reading B started showing how much Rama loved Sita. This reading was also more action packed than reading A. This action helped keep the chapter more interesting. Part B also relied less on the story building aspect that part A had. A lot of the chapters focused on different stories of Rama slaying Rakshasas which are demons. With each demon he slayed, Rama would "level up" by getting his hands on a new weapons, I feel like this little side stories help keep the reader interested in the story. Ravana his brother then convinces Maricha to turn into a golden deer in order to lure Rama and Lakshama. Ravana fought Jatayu a bird who was trying to protect Sita.
(Golden Deer, Source: Wikipedia

After Jatayu failure in protecting her, Ravana kidnaps Sita but doesn't notice the trail of jewelry she left behind. In the search for Sita, they meets Shabari who reaffirms Rama's destiny before dying. One thing that confused me was when the author reintroduced older characters like Maricha or brought in characters like Jatayu.Another thing i noticed was that other than  Rama's loved being showed, his character stops developing. I liked this because I feel like in the future we can get deeper into Rama's Adventures.

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