Logan Biggs Blog Fall 2020

Bibliography. "The Crocodile and The Monkey's Heart" from Jakata Anthology .  Once upon a time in a forest filled with different animals lived a monkey. He loved to eat different kind of fruits and loved to explore his home, the forest. One day as he was running around, he noticed a pond with 2 crocodiles living there. He was so nervous so he decided to not go too close to the pond. The 2 crocodiles, mother and father, had seen the monkey before but had never tried to talk to this creature. The mother crocodile loved this little monkey and wanted his heart more than anything, she wanted to rip it out and eat it. "Hey, you there on land, why don't you come closer," says the father.  "You guys are scary and so silly to think I would even take a step closer towards you two," the monkey shouts out. A few days go by and the monkey hasn't even shown his face to the two crocodiles. "Where do you think that monkey is, I want his heart to myself,...

  Bibliography: R.K Narayan, Narayan's Mahabharata, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-1-of-2-narayans-mahabharata.html -Yudhishthira wants to make one last plea for peace. Worried about if it's safe for Krishna to go to Hastinapura as his emissary. -Duryodhana plans to take Krishna captive. While he is there, he sees Kunti and brings news about her sons. Rejects plea for peace from Krishna.  -Krishna and Karna talk. Tries to get Karna to abondon Duryodhana, but he refuses. -Yudhishthira makes Dhrishtadyumna, Draupadi's brother, the commander of his troops. Bhishma is the commander of Duryodhana's troops. Battle takes place on the field of Kurukshetra. - Dhrishtadyumna tries desperately to kill Drona to avenge his father's humiliation, but Drona escapes him. Bhishma attacks Krishna and draws blood, which enrages Arjuna, but when Krishna goes to slay Bhishma with his discus, Arjuna begs him not to (pg 151). - Drona is now made the commanding general of ...

Bibliography: R.K Narayan, Narayan's Mahabharata, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2015/05/week-1-of-2-narayans-mahabharata.html -Duryodhana tries to humiliate the Pandavas but it backfires completely. He tries to set up a royal camp near them, but the gods sent Gandharva to take care of it. -Pandavas free Duryodhana from captivity. -The Pandavas are walked up by Brahmin in the forest. -A giant deer stole his staff and a kindle he used to make a fire. -The deer runs away and the Pandavas can not catch it, they look for water. Nakula finds a lake, but he needs to answer questions before drinking. -Nakula ignores the voice and drinks the water then dies. -Nakula, Sahadeva, Arjuna and Bhima all do the die from drinking the water. Yudhisthira finds all of them. It was a test from his father, Yuma. -Yudhishthira is the King's companion in King Virata. Bhima is disguised as a cook, Nakula is disguised as a stable boy, and Sahadeva as a cowherd. -Draupadi is the hairdress of Queen ...