Logan Biggs Blog Fall 2020

 Bibliography: R.K . Narayan, Ramayana, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-2-of-2-narayans-ramayana-reading.html -Hanuman grows big to cross the ocean of Lanka, but then shrinks. Sita is found in the Ashoka Vana where she is being guarded by demons. She wants to die because she feels so lost. Hanuman grows bigger and kills Ashoka Vana. -Indrajit captures Hanuman and takes him to Ravana. Vibhishana, Ravana's brother, tries to persuade Ravana not to kill Hanuman. Hanuman's tail is lit on fire and burns Lanaka, but Maya rebuilds the city. -Vibhishana has to remind Ravana that he was cursed by Nandi to be destroyed by a monkey. - Rama orders the sea god  to help his armies cross the water to Lanka, threatening to evaporate all the water in the sea. The sea agrees to let Rama build a bridge, which he does with the help of men, monkeys and all kinds of animals, including a squirrel. -Kumbakarna swallows lots of monkeys, then Rama kills him. Indrajit creats a phant...

 Once upon a time, there was a king who had a lake for his boys to play in. He told the boys that he had gotten fishes in there for them to see and mess around with. While the boys we're at the lake, they saw something very suspicious and out of the ordinary. The suspicious animal was a Turtle, but they had never seen one before. The boys run back to the King and the men inside and yell that there is something in the water, they referred it to as a demon and that the demon was out to get them. The King forced men to go out to the lake to catch this, out of ordinary, species. When the men brought the Turtle back, the King wanted these men to kill it because only fish were supposed to be in the water. As they went around the room and talked about killing the animal, the Turtle pokes it's head out and says, "what have I done to you humans for you guys to want to do something to hurt me and hurt my life? The lake is my safe spot and I would never do anything to hurt you guys, ...

 Bibliography: R.K . Narayan, Ramayana, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-2-of-2-narayans-ramayana-reading.html -Rama calls for help and Sita makes Lakshman to help him(Rama). Ravana disguises as an old hermit and Sita captures but then he reveals his true identity. Ravana picks up the ground Sita is on and flies with her. -Jatayu fights for Sita, but Ravana kills him. Rama and Lakshmana find him dying, but doesn't know which one Ravana went. -Rama and Lakshmana go to the kingdom of Kishkinda and run into Hanuman, who is a monkey, but disguises as a scholar.  -Vali was mad at Sugriva and beats him. Vali takes Sugriva's wife. - Rama feels sorry for Sugriva, who has lost his wife and is in exile. Hanuman thinks Rama could help them to defeat Vali. Hanuman recognizes that Rama is Vishnu  incarnate. The reason Vali could not come to Mount Matanga is because he has been cursed by the sage Matanga. This happened when Vali fought the demon Dundubhi who had ta...