Indian Epics 2018

After reading the short anthology, I have decided my top three stories from the collection ( Two Turtle Jatakas , The Cunning Crane and the Crab , and The Crocodile and the Monkey's Heart ). To begin, the Two Turtle Jatakas comes from Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt. "The Turtle and the King" was a story about how a couple of kids wanted the king to put fish into the lake. But, with the fish came one turtle. The people did not know how to react to this creature. They were afraid. So naturally, the king ordered to have it killed. This story would be a great base for my semester project because it shows how things aren't always what it seems. The second story about the crane and the crab, based off of The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India by W. H. D. Rouse . This story also has a great life lesson; don't trust everything that everyone tells you. The crane is a great character because he is able to gain the trust of all of the fish in the pond. During...

After looking at all of the different reading options for this semester, here is a list of my top 3 choices: 1.   Narayan's  Ramayana . R. K. Narayan (1906-2001)     This option seems best for my reading style. The book is laid more traditional compared to the other option. I am very excited to get to read this book next week. 2.  Narayan's  Mahabharata . R. K. Narayan (1906-2001)    I chose to go with another Narayan novel because of the more modern language and the material seems easier to read. I want to make such that I understand what is going on in the stories.  3.  Mahabharata: Karmic Revolution    As the semester comes to a close, I would like to finish with a movie. I always seem to retain a lot of information from more visual media. I am also excited to see how the film ties in with the rest of the semester. (Image taken from Google )