Indian Epics

Like I said last week, feedback is something that I am used to doing in my classes but something that isn't always easy to do if you have to give negative feedback. This week I decided to read the articles " The Difference Between Praise and Feedback " by MindShift and " Be a Mirror " by Gravity Goldberg. In the article "The Difference Between Praise and Feedback" the thing that stood out to me the most and something that I agreed with was how they talked about how praise is often "sugarcoated." Praise and feedback won't mean very much to a person if they hear the same thing over and over again such as "good job" or "you aced that." After you head those responses enough time it's almost like you just brush it off of your shoulder. But when constructive feedback is given and a reason is given for why a person might have liked what you did, it give you more of an impact. ( GIPHY ) In the article "Be a M...

Based on my feedback from last week as well as the topics that I have expressed interest in, my favorite topic by far are the Jataka tales . I really liked the ideas that Laura gave me for connecting the tales together. I really liked the tales with turtles as the main characters and I also like the tales that took place at water. There are so many possibilities that I could do by connecting the stories that have water as their setting. Something that I could do to connect stories together is connect the Jataka tales, "The Crab and the Crane," "How the Turtle Saves His Own Life," and "The Monkey and the Crocodile." All three of those stories not only connect because the setting is around a body of water but they also have interlocking themes. (Crane eating the fish from "The Crab and the Crane" ) In the tale, "The Crab and the Crane" the crab fights for his life. The crane tricks a pond full of fish that the pond that he is f...

On a sunny and warm Sunday morning, Brothers Harry and Henry were taking a nice walk with Harry's wife in a neighborhood next to theirs. They talked and laughed like any family members would do on a leisure filled Sunday morning. In the distance Harry's wife noticed something weird. A patch in the sky was gloomy and black, unlike the sky all above them. Curiously, Harry, Henry and Harry's wife walked towards the direction of the dark patch in the sky. The weather became chilly and gave them all goose bumps. Something was off. It was as if sadness and death has taken over the area that was just under the dark sky. But the three were still intrigued so they continued to walk towards the dark sky. Suddenly there was a loud booming noise and out from a patch of trees a creature slowly emerged and its bright red eyes stared straight at them. "Don't move..." whispered Henry. "We need to run..." Harry whispered back. From the shock of seeing the...

These notes are an outline of section B of the PDE version of Ramayana . When I did notes for section A I really enjoyed doing them in bullet form because for me it was easier to follow the events that took place, the character's lives and how they are all connected to each other. King's Death: Bharata does not know that his brother (Rama) has been exiled and his father is dead because he has been in the kingdom of Kaikeyas with this mother's sire When he find out, he first has to go to his father's funeral and mourn for a couple of days He then goes to the forest and tries to get his brother, Rama to come back home Rama will not go back home so Bharata takes Rama's shoes as a gift to remember him and he doesn't go back home either or won't until Rama comes back home ( Rama gives Bharata his sandals ) In the Forest: Sita is abducted by an evil demon and Rama and Lakshmana have to fight it Rama tries to kill the demon with sharp w...

These notes are an outline of the events and stories that take place in reading section A of Ramayana Online: Public Domain Edition . I decided that this note taking style would help me follow along with the events and characters of Ramayana that stand out to me. Background:  King Dasharatha = ruler of Koshala kingdom in Ayodhya (Solar Dynasty) Ayodhya= beautiful kingdom full of happy people King wanted sons so horse sacrifice was performed and he was told he would have 4 sons (Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna) King Janaka= ruler of Videha kingdom in Mithila Ravana (from heaven) can only defeat the god Vishnu in human form, which he will do through King Dasharatha's son, Rama (Vishvamitra speaks to King Dasharatha, in the bottom right corner are Rama and Lakshmana.) Sons are grown: Vishwamitra (sage) needs help from Rama and Lakshmana to fight demons that are disturbing Vishvamitra This would begin "manhood" for Rama and Lakshmana Rama a...