Reading Notes: Ramayana (Tiny Tales Edition), Part A
1) Structure: The structure of this edition was incredibly easy to follow. The
stories are divided into "tiny tales," and within these tiny tales are line
breaks that distinguish different parts of the tale. This allowed the stories to
be connected but distinct from each other. This helped with understanding the many
characters involved in the tales. I could follow the story of Ravana and see his
development through the stories. The extra tid-bits about how characters that
appear in one tale will be important in another tale helped me make a mental
note to be ready for that character again.
2) Point of view: The third-person
point of view in the Tiny Tales helps the reader follow along and understand
each character. Third-person point of view is very beneficial for stories with
many characters intertwined.
3) Dialogue: The dialogue was very rich in this
story and had a lot of passion in few words.
4) The start: Every story started
with a connection to the previous story. Every start was direct and did a
fantastic job quickly explaining a new characters background.
5) The end: Every
story was connected through the end, helping the reader follow along.
Overall
this writing style made it so easy to follow along to a complicated story,
allowing for so much information to be in the stories.
Key plots that stood out
to me:
-Ravana and Kubera are brothers
-Ravana wants to conquer, Kubera wants to
protect
-Kubera wanting to help/change his brother anger Ravana
-Devas beg
Vishnu to reincarnate as Dashratha's son to stop Ravana
-Vishnu reincarnates as
Rama, who becomes lover of Sita
-Sita is Vedavati who cursed Ravana for his
attack and swore to be his distruction
-Ravana firsts meets Sita trying to lift
and string the bow only she (and Rama) can lift, he is unable to
-Ravana tries
to conquer everyone, those who he is unable to conquer he worships or asks for
friendship
Tiny Tales from the Ramayana
By Laura Gibbs
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