Logan Biggs Blog Fall 2020

 Bibliography. "The King's White Elephant " from Jakata Anthology. https://sacred-texts.com/bud/jt/jt16.htm Once upon a time, there were these 4 carpenters who lived on a big piece of land with their own houses. They were all friends but had their own families and would always meet up to ride on their golf cart to cut down trees to turn into lumber. They had been doing this task for 4 straight years and nothing like this had ever happened to them. One day, as they were cutting down trees, a little baby elephant came running up to them. "HELP, HELP, HELP, my dad is in need of someone to help him." These carpenters were very confused and hesitant at first but when the little baby started to get really sad, they decided to help him out. They get in their golf cart and follow to his dad. "Please help me, I can only walk on 3 legs and I am struggling." says the grown elephant. The carpenters examine the dad and see he has a splinter in his foot and that is ...

  Bibliography: R.K Narayan, Narayan's Mahabharata, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-1-of-2-narayans-mahabharata.html - Duryodhana hates that the Pandavas are still alive, but his son, Dhritsarshtra doesn't hate them near as much. Bhishma and Vidura urge Dhritarashta to make peace.  - Karna denouces both of them as kings/people or want war and urgers that.  -Dhritarashtra sends Vidura to the Pandavas to come back to Hastinapura. Dhritashtra gives the Pandavas part of his kingdom. The Pandavas build a city called Indraprastha.  Because Arjuna  intruded on Yudhishthira  and Draupadi during the year that Draupadi was Yudhishthira's wife, he goes into exile for twelve years. During this time, he marries Ulupi , a naga  princess, and he also marries Subhadra , the sister of Krishna . -Yudhishthria is crowned as a king of Indraprastha. Duryodhana is jealous of Indrapastha. -Agni was served as a reward to help Gandiva to burn from th...

   Bibliography: R.K Narayan, Narayan's Mahabharata, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-1-of-2-narayans-mahabharata.html -A king names Shantanu falls in love with a women by a river, but he rules a city named Hainapura. They soon get married and drowns their newborn babies in the river. The women explains and says she is the river names Ganga incarnated and she is supposed to give birth to 8 gods. The babies returns to heaven. The eigth baby gets taken and returned to Shantanu when he is grown up, who's name is Devavrata, but will know him as Bhishma. -Shantanu falls in love again, this time with Satyavati. This time, the father objects this marriage because of his son Bhishma. They end up having two sons names, Chitrangada and Vichitravirya. Chitrangada becomes king but dies shortly after, then Bhishma rules as the father figure of Vivhitravirya.  Bhishma sends Amba away, but the king of Shalwa rejects her because she has been in another's man's house....