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          This is a tale about a man named Pandu who has five tall sons. I really liked this story for many reasons. The whole story can be found at this link and has many bends. But I have written a note regarding the first section of the story. Upon Pandu’s death, his blind brother becomes the new king. Pandu’s blind brother has one hundred son’s. One of his son’s, hates Pandu’s sons, who are his cousins. It will soon be decided by a tournament who will be the next king. The young princes are reread up to master the arts of war. However, after a tournament is held, a mysterious warrior wins the rights to the throne. One of the things I enjoyed most about this story was that it maintained that the characters were mortal. It was about good old fashioned family rivalry. Not to say that I do not like when the characters are gods or supernatural, however, it was nice to see the story in a different context. On a related, I really liked how the...

             This was the only story that I got to read from this week :(. This part of the passage open as a plea for peace, which is impeded by Duryodhana. After Karna can't be convinced to abandon Duryodhana, Kunti warns of an attack. This part of the story transitions into a the war. I feel that this part of the story involves many persuasion attempts (Arjuna beggins Krishna not to slay Bhishma, among many others). This adds an element of mystery in my opinion. One question that I kept asking myself, maybe I missed it in the last reading. Is whether Krishna is limited into what he can manifest himself to be. Otherwise, he could be even more a pivotal piece of the war, much earlier in the battle. I would really like to expand on something like this in my story. I would make Krishna the integral piece of the story, but it would be only be interesting if others possessed a similar or equal magnitude type of power. This will maintain balance, which I h...

To begin, I discovered a great deal about epics when I took to some research on the wikipedia trail assignment. I tried to be mindful of that in my reading. This story involves Mayasura upholding his promise for Pandavas which was to build a magnificent palace. Since, Palace of Illusions piggy backs off of this story from a different point of view, I have left a  link. If you get the chance to look into that, its a good read. And if you've read most of my writings, you know that I really enjoy stories that are told from different perspectives. Moreover, the original story states that he was the architect of demons, which I thought was interning with respect to learning that epics always have ties to good and evil divinities. Ironically, the palace was said to be comparable to most heavenly of places. The contrast is obvious and offers its ties to traditional epic characteristics. The story goes on in a tale of King Duryodhana mistaking the house's beautiful crystal structure a...