Reading Notes: Ramayana Online, Part C

I continued with my reading for this week. I am now on the third part of the Ramayana. I decided to again take notes over the sections that I really enjoyed. I think that I will be able to retell the best story from these sections.

• I really liked the character of Sugriva
• I was curious to see if he was in any way related to the Monkey Sing, Sun Wu
• I really like the idea of being able to write about the Monkey King and his people
• I think the new team of Rama and Sugriva opens a lot of doors for new adventures
• I might create some crazy new heroic story revolving around their travels
• The tale of Sugriva was a sad one. It was hard to see brother turn on brother like that
• Vali was eager to challenge Rama and his brother Sugriva
• I knew that Rama could not be defeated by Vali
• I found the format of this section to be a bit difficult to follow
• I would like to change it to more of a traditional storytelling format
• The decision of Rama to help Sugriva did not surprise me
• However, it was a bit random for Rama to wait in ambush
• I did not expect Rama to ambush his allies foe
• I can see how it is considered controversial to some
• I think Rama was moved by Sugriva's will to fight and wanted to help his new friend
• It was difficult for the whole kingdom to lose its king
• It was hard for Sugriva to come to terms with his brother's death
• I would like to explore Rama's feelings after the battle
• There are a lot of cool options for me to write about this week concerning these events

I think there are a lot of directions to take the storytelling this week. I will continue to think of ideas and different ways to retell these events. I am open to changing the battle scene. 

(A photo of Rama and Lakshmana meeting with Sugriva. Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Bibliography: Ramayana Online from Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie. Source: Blogspot