Reading Notes: The Indian Heroes, Part B

When the story talks about the plans for the princess being burned to keep the prince at ease, I could tell that something big was about to happen. The way the words blended together made it appear that a hero would soon emerge and save the princess. This is exactly what happened. I like how when they told her that she would burn with the man, she kept a straight face and showed no emotion. She was strong and knew to not show weakness. I think that this is important when telling stories. Women are sometimes viewed as props and they are so overflowed with emotion that they can not behave in normal ways. This is sort of the opposite of that. I like that. I could write a story where the main character is a female and she is very proud and does not have emotion, at least it appears to some people. The reader would soon find out that there is one man she has a weakness for. I would change up the original story and make her choose herself over the man.

mace fight

The mace fight between Prince Duryodhan and Prince Bhima is really interesting. I think that Bhima was very smart to take the hits, but wait for his opportunity to give the final blow. Bhima waiting to his Duryodhan’s thigh bone won him the match. I think that writing a story based on this section of the book would be really interesting. I could write the story from one of the character’s point of view. It would be really interesting because I could create a voice for what the character is feeling and thinking on the inside. If I were to do this, I would choose to write from Bhima’s perspective. It kind of seems like an underdog story, and who doesn’t like an underdog. This fight is on page 124 and on. This will be important to follow because I need to make sure I get details correct when interpreting the story from my mind.

Bibliography: The Indian Heroes by C.A. Kincaid, online source

Reading Notes: The Indian Heroes, Part A

When the story talks about the girl that King Drupada saw, there is so much visualization here. I am really able to see the what the girl looks like and how her beauty comes across to the people that she meets. This girl was soon named Krishna but was called Draupadi. I like the way that the author writes about them meeting for the first time. She just appears and King Drupada is in awe of her beauty. I think that I could write a story with this idea in mind. I think that I could add a lot of my own flare to it as well. Instead of it being a beautiful woman, I could make a person fall deeply in love with an inanimate object. I think that this would add a sense of humor to the story. I feel like adding humor to stories help because it is easier on the reader. I also feel as if you can add a lot more detail to the story when writing comedy into the story.

inamimate object to be in love with

“So perforce they stayed within, hoping that a good chance would come to them, by which they might escape” This is when the princes are stuck. They need to escape but they do not know how. They are just waiting for the right time. This kind of reminds me of The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy is captured in the witch’s castle. She must find a way out. But if she is caught, she will most likely die! I could do a lot with a story like this. Using the quote would allow me to be very creative. I could use as much imagination as I desire. It would probably be along the lines of

The Wizard of Oz idea. This is something that people are very familiar with, so it would be recognizable to everyone. But with this, I would add my own flare so that it is not too predictable.

inspiration for a capture story

Bibliography: The Indian Heroes by C.A. Kincaid, online source

Week 6 Storytelling: Marie's Dilemma

Long ago there was a family of three. A mother named Marie, a father named Anthony, and a little boy named Jack. The family was as happy as can be. The father was a stay at home dad and the mother was a police officer. Marie was an officer is a bad part of town, so her guard always had to be up. Over the past couple of week’s, she noticed the same car would always follow her while she was on duty. When she would go into a gas station this car would go in as well. She wrote down the license plate but didn’t think anything of it.

Marie, Anthony, and Jack

The next day was going to be the worst day of her life. She noticed that the car was no where to be seen. She thought that this was peculiar. When Marie pulled into her own driveway, her heart stopped. There were police cars with flashing lights, an ambulance, and caution tape set up. She ran in to see her son, Jack, on a stretcher covered with a blanket. Marie dropped to her knees and cried in agony. Her heart was broken. While on the ground she saw a cell phone. She instantly went off with it to find out who’s it was. She was quick to realize that the man that continually followed her was targeting her and went after her little boy. Marie looked to the sky and said “You don’t know who you just messed with”.

the phone

Marie quickly devised a plan to get this guy. She plugged in the license plate and found that his name was Sean. With this information she found his legal records. He had been in trouble with stalking before, but murder had never been an issue. She noticed some parking violations and court orders from herself. Marie could only assume that this was the reason why he chose her. She would soon find out exactly why.

Marie drove to Sean’s registered location from the license plate and started screaming “Get out here you coward!”. She drew her weapon and was ready to fire. She felt as though Sean had to pay for what he had done. Sean quickly appeared and began to tell her why he killed Jack. It was all because of Marie.

Sean said “Hello Marie. Nice to see you again. You may not remember me but you pulled me over a few times because of some violations on my part. I begged you to let me off because I couldn’t afford to pay the ticket. All the money I had was to give to my daughter. But you still gave me the tickets. Because of this, my daughter’s mother took her away and was granted full custody. I had to get you back. I feel like I did.”

Marie felt a pain in her chest and a lump in her throat. She knew that she was not the person she was becoming. And with that, Marie thought of her sweet son Jack. She remembered how kind and thoughtful he was. He would not want his mom to purposefully kill another person. Marie quickly realized that she was not a murderer and put down the gun. Without hesitation she pulled Sean to the ground and put him in hand cuffs. She called the station and he was quickly placed behind bars.

handcuffs

Two weeks later Marie went to see Sean in prison. He came up to the window and she picked up the phone and said with a tear in her eye “I am sorry about your daughter, and I forgive you for my son”. Marie then promptly got up and never saw him again.

Author’s notes:

I based this story off of a line from the Mahabharata. It is “May the curse of a father and the vengeance of a warrior smite the murderers of my boy!”. I felt as if I wanted to turn this quote into a story, but have a twist. In the quote it says warrior, so I choose the mother to be the warrior. Her being a police officer gave her an edge and warrior-like training. I did not want my main character to be bad. I wanted her to realize that she could not hurt another person the way that her son was hurt, unlike in the Mahabharata. I took a lot of liberties with this story, but I like the way it turned out.

Bibliography: Public Domain Mahabharata written by Mackenzie and Nivedita, online source