Indian Epics: Week 10

Tech Tip: Creation Tip- Making a meme

This week I made my own meme. Maybe I will do more of this in the future.

Learning Challenges: Happiness

International Happiness Day was just a couple days ago so I thought it would fitting to post about it. I am very happy from spring break and from Easter which is coming up. I hope I can keep my spirits through the tough week ahead.

Growth Mindset: Stretching yourself

Courtesy of Laura Gibbs

I thin this meme is a funny way of having a very good point. It is important to have a growth mindset when you want to grow as a person. I want to be open to new ideas or opinions in the future.

Week 10 Reading Diary Continued: The Five Tall Sons of Pandu Part B

So far I have like the small changes that this story has made to the original story. I think it is interesting to see this story from multiple perspectives.

Duryodhana and Yudhishthira prepare for war because Duryodhana will not give up his chance at the throne without a fight
Drona wants peace because he does not want the Pandavas to fight
When the battle begins Arjuna is hesitant because he does not want to fight but he is commanded to.
Even when things look bad and he knows the Gods are not on his side, Duryodhana still pushes forward with the fight out of hate
Bhima is a very strong warrior and kills a lot of Duryodhana’s brothers.
Bhishma is killed by being approached by a fighter who used to be a girl and refuses to fight her. Then the Pandavas shot an arrow at him. This seems a little unfair because he was just trying to do the right thing.
On his death bed Bhishma asks Duryodhana to make peace and of course Duryodhana says no because he is evil
Karna and Arjuna face each other in battle but they are too evenly matched. They fight again and this time Arjuna kills Karna after a long battle
The battle is over and the brother mourn all the losses of war including their own brother Karna. Arjuna did not know that Karna was his brother until after he was dead.

The Pandavas and Draupadi.

The Five Tall Sons of Pandu by Richard Wilson

Week 10 Reading Diary: The Five Tall Sons of Pandu Part A

This week I have chosen The Five Tall Sons of Pandu by Richard Wilson mainly because it is a free online book which is most convenient to me. I also enjoy the articles or books that professor Gibbs has created a reading guide for. It makes it easier for me to follow the story or if I get lost the reading guide it a good reference point.

Pandu is the father of five sons
Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, and the twins Nakula and Sahadeva.
Dhritarashtra is the king once Pandu dies because he is Pandu’s brother and Dhritarashtra has many sons but they all hate the sons on Pandu.
Duryodhana hate Bhima and they fight physically a lot while they are being taught by Drona

Drona trains the princes.
Arjuna is amazing at archery which I have already made a story about
Arjuna and this new character, Karna, Battle and they are equally matched. Karna is revealed to be the son of someone low in society but it doesn’t matter because he is as good as Arjuna.
Duryodhana seems like a very hateful man
He traps the Pandavas and their mother in a burning house of wax to try to kill them. I do not see how this would help him in anyway other than he just hates them.
Arjuna wins the hand of Draupadi but she is given to the eldest brother to marry. So in this story Arjuna does not get to marry her at all which could cause some major anger in Arjuna.
Yudhishthira is challenged to a gambling game and loses everything including himself and his brothers. This seems a little outrageous of a gamble.
They are saved by being sent into exile.
Duryodhana goes to the forest to taunt them every once and while
Finally the wait is over and it is time for the brother to win their kingdom back.