 |
Image of the demon Thataka trying to become
|
I just finished up reading the first section of the Ramayana epic. I have to say entering into this reading I was a little worried about the length of the story as a whole because it seemed to me to have a lot of section. Then I began to read them and they were not as long as I had initially thought that they would be. Plus, the story was really beginning to pull me in and made me want to keep reading which is a huge plus for me. Before I discuss an individual story to perhaps do a storytelling assignment over I thought I would address my preliminary thoughts on the epic as a whole. For this first quarter of the epic it seems to me like a story I have read many times over through my life already. That is the story of Jesus in the Bible. In this story Rama is born as a son that is half god and half man. Although the way and family that he is born into is quite different than Jesus their purpose is practically the same. They both entered human form to defeat a foe. There were other slight similarities thought this first little bit of the story but I thought I would just share my thoughts on that and see if anyone else saw the similarities or not. My favorite story in part A was probably "Thataka" where Rama does battle for the first time and defeats some demons. After defeating these demons he receives mighty weapons that he then can use in future battles. I think this is a great part of the story to retell because battles can be redone in an infinite number of different ways. I could see this as like a sword in the stone type. Where instead of getting a weapon after Rama, or whoever, defeats their foe, they defeat their adversary with a weapon that was bestowed upon them. Another part of the story that is nice and could be implemented into another story is that Rama and his brother were doing this to protect a town and allow them to further practice sacrifices.
Bibliography
Comments
Post a Comment