Story Week 14

Early on in two young boys lives was a great match between these two boys. They played a golf match just between the two of them at their local club and the loser had to buy a the other one lunch. Bill and Ryan were the two boys names and Bill was in the trees on the last hole. Bill had a one shot lead and knew if he tied the hole then he would get a free lunch. While this seemed like a lot to the boys at the time it would be nothing for them in the future. Bill decided the only way for him to win would be to move his ball from out underneath the tree and all while Ryan wasn't looking. What he didn't know was that their was an old man playing a different hole that happened to see Bill move his ball. Bill ended up winning and got his free lunch but after the round the old man asked him what he did and Bill denied all allegations that he moved his ball. The old man told bill that his cheating would come back to haunt him one day and that he had upset the golf gods forever more.

Fast forward 20 years and Bill and Ryan were playing professional golf together in the biggest tournament of the year. They came down to the last hole and it was all tied up. The winner of this tournament would be considered the best player in the world and would win a prize money of 10 million dollars. Bill once again hit it in the trees and whenever he walked up to his ball he was directly against a tree and had no chance to hit the ball at the green. Bill had to hit the ball out backwards and would end up making a 7 on the hole thus promoting Ryan to win the tournament and collect the prize of 10 million dollars. After the round Bill knew that his Karma had come back to haunt him and realized that his loss was stemmed from that day so long ago. Bill went up to Ryan after the round and told him what he did to him so long ago. While Ryan did not care now as he had just won 10 million dollars, Bill told Ryan that he stills owes him a lunch and promptly went to buy Ryan that lunch that he cheated for 20 years back.

DasharathaAuthors Note: Dasharatha killed a young boy when he was also a young boy and had gotten cursed by the boys father that he also would get taken away from his son once he had one. I told the story of Bill also getting cursed for what he did.

King Dasharatha

Reading Guide: Week 14

Dasharatha accidentally kills a young boy when he was also young and he has to tell the boys parents. The old man curses a young Dasharatha and says that he too will have his sons parted from him. Dasharatha has three wives but none of them produce a son so he decided to perform a sacrifice to the gods so they will grant him a son. When a celestial being arose from a fire he told Dasharatha that if his wives ate the payasa they would have sons.  That is when one of his wives gave birth to Rama who was  the kingdom favorite. Rama is sent to do battle and in the mean time he wins his wife Sita. Kaikeyi has two wishes from Dasharatha after she saved him on the battle field and she uses them to make Bharata the new king and send Rama into exile. Dasharatha tries to convince her otherwise but he has to stay true to his promise of two wishes. Rama goes into exile with his wife and Dasharatha remembers the curse and dies on Rama’s 6^th day of exile.

Dasharatha

The cover of the comic of Dasharatha

Reading guide: Week 14

This starts with a lot of the same how Draupadi is won by Arjuna and is taken as the wife of the five pandavas. Arjuna takes his punishment and goes into exile away from his brothers and wife and embarks on a pilgrimage. Arjuna visits the holy places and goes to find that Subhadra's betrothed to Duryodhana. He decides he will take her as his wife instead. He is instantly stuck by Subhadra's beauty and krishna tells him to run away with her. Arjuna takes Krishna chariot to find Subhadra and takes her off into the forest. their is a search party to get the wife of Duryodhana  but before they left they asked for the advice of Krishna. Krishna tells them of what happens and tells the party that subhadra would rather be with Arjuna and to welcome them peacefully to their village. Arjuna exile is over and wants to go home to the Pandavas royal city but is worried about what Druapadi will do. She is mad at first but ends up taking in Subhadra as a sister peacefully.

the Beautiful Subhadra

Subhadra

Story Week 13: The final play

It was the final play of the national championship and it was going to come down between two people. Alabama was known for having the biggest man in college football standing at a full 6'11 305 pounds but all muscle. He played outside defensive end and would wreck havoc whenever he was on the field. He had been a thorn in Oklahoma's side all night but they had somehow managed to keep the game close through great passing and running away from him. It was fourth and goal from the five yard line and it was going to won or lost on this play. The Sooners were trying to find a play that ran away from the big man but when they saw the defense that Alabama put out they were stacking the other side of the field. The Oklahoma quarterback called a time out because he knew they stood no chance with the play that was called. Once on the sideline the Oklahoma coach was thinking of a play when their star running back stepped up. He said that he wanted the ball and would run full on toward the big man and take him down. While a lot of the guys on the team thought this play would never work the Oklahoma head coach had faith in his star running back. He called the play so that the running back would get a pitch running to the left side and it would just be one on one with the big man. The center snapped the ball to the quarter back and sent the pitch sailing out to the left for the running back. The big man read the play just as they had hopped and started down the goal line to make the game winning stop. The running back had his plan all along that once they met up he knew the big man would lower his head and right at that moment he would make his move. The running back turned the corner and got to the 1 yard line when he say the big man lowering his head to make the tackle. The running back sees him lower his head and at that moment jumps as high as he can and hurdles the big man to fall into the end zone for the game winning touchdown.

Authors note: In this story I talked about Kumbhakarna, the big giant, and how he had to fight Rama after Ravana couldn't defeat Rama. Kumbharkarna is the biggest man in the world and was un beatable until Rama did. The big man is Kumbharkarna and Rama is the Oklahoma running back.

The Oklahoma running back winning the game

Kumbhakarna: the sleeping giant 

 

Reading Notes: Week 13 Part B

Kumbhakarna: the sleeping giant

Kumbhakarna is a giant that was know for being a great warrior and could even beat the god Indra in battles. Indra is worried that Kumbharkarna is going to become too strong so he has him make a foolish wish. This is part of the story where Rama returns to gain back Sita and he has to first confront Chasmalochana. Ravana himself then comes to confront Rama after the battle with chasmolachana. Ravana is unable to defeat Rama and so he brings in the help of Kumbhakarna and he wakes up very hungry. While Rama's army is terrified of Kumbhakarna their are two warriors that mount an defense agains him. Rama takes on Kumbharkarna in the battle field but is ultimately defeated by Rama. Once Kumbharkarna is dead Ravana knows that he is doomed by the hands of Rama and his army.

Kumbhakarna

Kumbhakarna: the sleeping giant

Reading Notes: Week 13

The Rustic and the Nightingale: The nightingale is able to help out the Rustic because he let it go and then the nightingale told the rustic where a pot of gold was lying.

The Partridge and the Hawk: the Partridge is scared of the flesh eating hawk and won't come out of his hole but once he does the hawk pounces and kills the poor partridge.
The king, the falcon, and the drinking cup: the king was thirsty so he found a stream but once he tried to drink his falcon would knock it out of his hand. this angered the king and he killed the falcon but he later found out the stream was filled with the poison of a dragon and the falcon was just trying to save it.
The hare, The fox, the Wolf: the wolf wanted to eat the hare but he instead directed him to the fox who tricked both of them into falling into a pit thus leading to the hare's death and the fox getting away.

The merchant and his iron: Two merchants in town try to mistake each other by not returning each others rightful property.
The lean and fat cat: The greediness of the lean cat led to its demise as it died by trying to get more food.
The king, the hermit, and two prince: Their were two princes and they were left a certain amount of money once the king died. One blew all the money and the other had it taken by the older prince but he learned to live and end dup finding all the rest of the kings treasure letting him take over the crown again.
The lion and the Hare: the lion made a mistake and did not trust his own reflecttion thus killing himself in the process.
The crane and the crab: The crane tried to trick the crab but the crab was smart by getting a ride on the cranes neck so when the crane tried to eat the crab he snapped the cranes neck killing him.
The crow, the jacket, the wolf and camel: All the animals in the kingdom wanted to kill the camel for food but the lion wouldn't allow it until the camel said he would sacrifice to save the lion and once this happened they all pounced.
The camel driver and the Adder: the Adder had no gratitude and believe he could fit in a bag but the fox knew he could but bet he couldn't forcing him into the bag thus leaving him trapped for death so the fox, camel driver, and camel could get away.

children stories

the camel in these stories

Week 12 Reading: Buck's Ramayana

Sauti and Saunaka are the two people that are in the Naimisha Forest and Sauti is telling the story of the Ramayana. He starts by telling the story of the times before Rama and how rama is born with his other brothers. He goes on to tell the battles of the Rakshasas and their battles with the brothers. The Rakshasas get stronger with time and are known to be great warriors from their leader Ravana. Raven was granted many powers by Brahma. Ravana goes on to have a son named Meghanada. Ravana continues to cause more and more discretion and forces the people to retreat to the mountains. Raven was strangled by Arjuna after he attacked him in the river while taking a bath and had to be saved by Pulsyte his grandfather. This part of the story is how Rama and Lakshmana become partners under the guidance of Vishwamitra. Rama breaks the bow of Shiva and doing so he is able to marry Janaka daughter Sita. Rama's brothers also marry daughters of the same household. Once married they return to Ayodhya

Part A Buccks Ramayana

Wedding of Rama and Sita

Week 11: story

The Boy and His Putter


We open up this story with a boy that was know to be a great putter. He was known worldwide to be one of the best but he used a very old and ugly looking putter that no one else would ever use. Everyone around was very envious of him because he was able to make putts and be clutch in pressure moments because of his love for this putter. One day the boy left his golf bag by the clubhouse and went inside to eat lunch. When he came back out to his bag he noticed something was missing and it was his putter. He immediately freaked out and started looking for it. He looked or days and searched for who would of stole his putter but he could not find it. He asked his coach what he should do and he suggested to try out some of the new putters that were just being released. While he liked the new putters they were still not HIS putter. He had a tournament coming up and was nervous about using his new putter. He was nervous for a reason as he putted terrible for the entire tournament. It was the worst he had ever putted and almost got dead last out of everyone. This was extremely crushing for the boy and he fell into a deep depression. Their was nothing that would make him happy or get him out of this funk he was in. The only thing that would help him is if he had his putter back. This continued for a couple weeks until he caught wind that his rival was the one that had stolen his putter. He devised a plan to get his putter back because that was the only way he could be great again. He talked to his rival to see if he could check out the trunk of his car. His rival seemed very sketchy so when he wasn't looking the boy stole his car keys and checked out the back of his trunk. As he was looking around he checked under a blanket in the back corner and underneath was his putter. He was so excited and couldn't believe he found his putter again. He immediately put the putter back in his bag and never let it out of his sight. He was back to being a great putter again and he couldn't be happier.

The boys putter

Author's Note: Their was an elephant that did everything with his friend the dog. The dog was taken away from the elephant by a farmer and would not eat or bathe or do anything without the dog by his side. The elephant keeper was worried so he sent out for the dog and when he came back the elephant went back to his normal ways. This story is slightly adapted as the boy and his putter is the elephant and his dog. When he loses his putter is the same as the elephant losing his dog.







Jataka Stories

Week 11 Reading: Part B

The monkey saved his troop: Their was a mango tree next to a river bank that the king of the land loved very much. He set up camp to gather as many as he could. The local monkeys also loved the tree and while the men were asleep they went up to gather as many as they could. their noised woke the men and the king ordered them to be shot when they came down from the tree so the chief of the monkeys made a bridge with his back so the monkeys could cross the river without getting shot. This made the king admire the chief and made a promise to always take care of them.
The Hawks and their friends: Their were some hunters that wanted to kill two young hawks but with the help of friends they were able to drive the hunters off and save their young ones.
The brave little bowman: Their was a small bowman that was a great shot but he needed someone big to get into the army. He got a big man and got into the army. He performed many task but the big man took all the credit. One day came that another land was attacking their land and the king sent the big man into battle. He was too scared to fight so the little bowman took his place and won the battle bringing great praise to the little bowman.
The Foolhardy Wolf: Their was a wolf that would look out for food for a lion to kill so they could eat. The wolf wanted to be the one to kill for food and had his eyes set on a elephant. The lion warned the wolf but he had his mind set. He found a elephant and lunged for it but missed and ended up getting killed by it.
The Stolen Plow: Their were two traders that were friends. One borrowed his plow but when asked for it back he said that mice had eaten it. The next day the trader had the other take care of his son but when he asked for him back he said that a bird had carried him off. This angered him and they went to court. The judge ruled that both give each other property back because of the ridiculousness of the story.
The lion in bad company: A lion befriended a wolf but the wolf led him to bad decisions. The lions father told him to not go along with the wolf but he did not listen because of the things they did together. This led to the lion dying because of the wolfs bad decisions.
The wise goat and the wolves: two wolves were trying to play a trick on the wise goat but he did not budge until he got his friends who were two large dogs to come with him. This scared off the wicked wolves.
Beauty and brownie: Both of these deers had a heard and were instructed to take their heard to the pasture by night time so the village wouldn't see them but only beauty listened and brownie got many deer killed from going by day.
The elephant and the dog: Their was an elephant that did everything with his friend the dog. The dog was taken away from the elephant by a farmer and would not eat or bathe or do anything without the dog by his side. The elephant keeper was worried so he sent out for the dog and when he came back the elephant went back to his normal ways.

The elephant and the dog



Jataka Stories

Week 11: Reading Part A

The wise and foolish merchant: The foolish merchant was persuaded to poor out his water by a demon that said their was more water up ahead. He later found out that being in the desert meant there was no water and ended up getting taken over by the demon because he was weak with no water or food. The wise merchant did not trust the demon and kept his water for good reason.
The elephant Girly-Face: A very nice elephant was sleeping one night when it was woken up by some robbers talking about how they need to show no mercy and kill anyone that touches them. The elephant thought that it needed to do the same and killed men that got near it. Once the keepers figured out the problem then the king sent some men to talk about how it is better to be nice and not hurt anyone. The elephant heard this and was nice again.
The BanYan Deer: The king wanted to have a steady income of deer so he drove in two tribes and put them all in a pin. The deer were tired of dying so they started volunteering one at a time to die. When the volunteer fell on a mother of a young child she asked if she could wait till her child was grown. One of the kings didn't allow it but the other king said he would volunteer in her place. When the cook saw that it was the king he allowed them to be free for his act of valor.
The kings White Elephants: Their were carpenters that would cut down trees to use for lumber and one day they came across a elephant that had a splinter. The carpenters helped the elephant and he then helped them with their work after that. He later brought his son to also help with the carpenters and they learned to love the young elephant. One day the king saw the work and payed for the young elephant to have for his own and took great care of him.
The ox who envied the pig: The ox was jealous of the pig that got the good food to eat but they were just fattening him up for the wedding. The ox later realized that he was fed normal food and was able to live longer than the pig.
Grannies Blackie: The elephant worked hard for a day and earned money for the grannie.
The crab and the crane: the crane told some fish in a small pond that their was a bigger pond he could take them instead of dying in a small tiny pond. He tricked the fish and ended up killing them all for food. Later on a crab did the same thing but instead of lying on the back of the crane it rode with its claws around his neck. When he realized that the crane would kill him too he snapped the cranes neck and got away free in the new bigger pond.

The Deer that lived



Jataka Stories

Story Week 10

It was one of the biggest days for college golf and the coach had big money on his players for this very important round. He was betting with some of the locals that his boys would play the best that day. He had a lot of confidence in his team and knew they would perform when the pressure was on so he decided to bet a large amount of money that his boys would shoot the lowest. They were going against the best team in the country and while it was going to be hard he still knew how good they were playing and wanted to win big on this bet. The round started and his boys got off to a rough start falling behind early. The coach began to get really angry and yell at his players for playing bad. All of his players had never seen their coach like that and shut down completely. They finished the round and lost to the better team. Their coach yelled and screamed at them to play better because he had just lost a large amount of money due to their poor play. Once they got back home all the players questioned their coach on why he acted so poorly. He had never once yelled at them when they were home and that was part of the reason they always played good. The coach realized what he had did and apologized to his players for his poor behavior. He promised to never act like that again and said he would be encouraging again in their next round. The next week his team was back facing the best team in the country again. This time he bet twice the amount before because he knew what he had to do to make his boys come out on top. The locals gladly took the bet as they had seen how poorly his team had played before. They started the round and his boys once again fell behind early but behind the encouragement of their coach they battled back to beat the best team in the country by 1 shot on the last hole.

The yelling coach

Authors note: The ox was very strong and could pull many pounds but whenever his owner bet he could win a bet he talked badly to him. The ox didn't like that and could not pull the load but the next day the owner talked nicely to the ox and was able to win double the amount of money for another bet.

The Ox who won the Forfeit
 

Week 10 Readings

Monkey and the Crocodile: The monkey gets conned by the crocodile by getting a ride from the crocodile. The crocodile starts to kill the monkey by drowning him but because the monkey was quick witted he said that he had left his heart up in the tree and would need to go back to get it. He was able to trick the crocodile into letting him get back on land and safe his life.
How the Turtle saved his own life: He was able to save his life by tricking the people that going into the water would be worse than leaving them to die by the hands of the people. He would much rather be in the water and was able to escape his certain death.
The Merchant of Siri: The first merchant didn't want to buy the bowl for what its actual value was but the second merchant was honest and paid all he could for it and that ended up being great for him in the long run.
The turtle who couldn't stop talking: All the turtle had to do was not talk and hold on to the stick with its mouth but instead it talked and fell to its death.
The Ox who won the forfeit: The ox was very strong and could pull many pounds but whenever his owner bet he could win a bet he talked badly to him. The ox didn't like that and could not pull the load but the next day the owner talked nicely to the ox and was able to win double the amount of money for another bet.
The Quarrel of the Quails: The quails worked together at first but the catcher was able to get them whenever they weren't working together to catch them in his net and sell them for a good price.
The measure of Rice: The vaulor was able to set the prices of all the objects and to impress the kind he made a measure of rice worth 500 horses but it backfired when the king said 500 horses would be worth his whole city thus making the measure of rice worth a whole city.
The Foolish, Timid Rabbit: The rabbit heard a coconut fall out of a tree and gets scared and starts running. He tells people the world is breaking and other animals join in. IT is not until the lion says that it was just a coconut that the animals all stop running for no reason.

The lion stops the animals running

Jakata Tales

Week 9 story

Exiled from a loss

We flash back to the beginning of the year to the final tournament of the year. Oklahoma State was playing Oklahoma in the big 12 championship and they decided to put a little wager on the results of the game. A couple of the players made a bet that whoever lost the game would have to sit out the next year until they were released from their bet they made with each other. This was a very risky bet as it meant that one of the teams would not be able to play a competition for a full 12 months. While they knew what the consequences would be they still decided to go on with the bet.

While the game was going on both teams became really nervous when it got down to the end. It was the fourth quarter and Oklahoma was known to find a way to pull it out in the waining minutes. Oklahoma State was also known to be very bad at holding on to a lead when they knew they needed to win and this was going to be no different story. The quarter back for Oklahoma state had the ball with three minutes left in the game and decided that it would finally be his time to win it all for his team. However, the Oklahoma defense had something very different in mind.

On the final drive the Oklahoma state quarterback was starting to make a nice move down the field with his team and the Oklahoma crowd started to get a little nervous. The Oklahoma State offense was on the Oklahoma 25 yard line but this is where the play of the game happens. The Oklahoma State quarterback tries to throw a quick slant route to their talented receiver but the middle linebacker jumps the route and intercepts the pass. The middle linebacker takes the ball back all the way to the end zone to put Oklahoma back on top to win the game.

After the game you could tell the Oklahoma state team knew what was going to happen as they would be prohibited from playing for a full year but they should of never bet against a team they knew they would lose to.

Middle linebacker winning the game

Authors note: I wrote about how the pandavas were sent into exile after Yudhisthira made a bet against Shakuni that sent all of them into exile after he lost his gambling bet. they were in exile for 12 months just like Oklahoma State would be. 

Week 9 reading: Part B

The Five Tall Sons of Pandu

The story is the same as it describes the life of Pandu and his five sons that he is father too. Once Pandu dies his blind brother Dhritarashtra takes over but is know to hate his cousins sons. Karna challenges Arjuna, one of pandu's sons to an archery duel as both are great at the act. Drupadi is the king of Panchala and he has a daughter thats name is Princess Draupadi. Arjuna disguised as a hermit is able to win the contest after draupadi says that she will not marry a low born husband and thus allowing Arjuna to win Draupadi. In this story however instead of having to share his wife with the five other Pandavas he must give his wife to Yudhishthira as this is a big change in the story. Through all this Yudhisthira becomes king and takes over the land of the Yumanu river. Dorydhana gets jealous of Yudhisthira new found kingdom and decides to trick him into a bet. He loses a gambling match against the famous gambler Shakuni, he loses his family and his freedom through this bet and they are sent into exile. They are sent into exile without Draupadi but after she is mistreated back at home she uses his one wish to go into exile with the Pandavas. They had to spend 12 years in exile and then 1 year in a disguise. They spend their year of disguise in the court of king Virata. Duryodhana is up to plans again and steals King Virata cattle. Arjuna and his brothers get together to win back their cattle with their special weapons thus revealing who they really are to the king. They win back their cattle for the King and realize it is now time to win back their kingdom.

Princess Draupadi

The five tall sons of Pandu, Wilson, http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2014/05/guides-guide-wilson-mahabharata.html

Week 9 Reading: Part A

This shows where the dynasty started and how Bharata was first to to pass down the crown to Vichitravirya who had two sons. These two sons names were Dhritarashtra and Pandu. Panda ends up becoming the new king and has 5 sons that all end up running in a pack. Their name were the Pandavas and are said to be the sons of gods. After Pandu dies the new king is Dhritarashtra. Vidura is helps the pandavas escape the death set up by Duryodhana but they end up escaping by going through a secret tunnel. The Pandavas have a set of different battles against different demons that lose along the way. As they travel they go to fight for the hand of the beautiful Draupadi and it comes down to the end but Arjuna wins the contest and the hand of Draupadi. He must share his wife with his 4 other brothers. The Pandavas take over half of Dhritarashtra kingdom that he passed over. After this Arjuna sent himself into exile. We move on to Yudhishthira and his story of how he is an obsessive gambler. Shakuni is a very skilled gambler and the two go into a gambling match of dice for very high stakes. His loses are very consequential and it forces the pandavas into exile. When the pandavas are in to exile Yudhishthira sends them with a  copper pot that is able to provide them with food for their time in exile.

Burning forest

Mahabharata: the princes of elephant city       http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/search/label/Guide%3A%20Kincaid.%20Mahabharata   

Week 8 progress

Looking at the progress chart I am just a little bit behind of where I want to currently be but I know that I can pick up those few missed points from past weeks. I have really enjoyed the storytelling each week and getting to use the reading to make my own story. I haven't taken advantage of the extra credit yet this week but I will start to pick up some extra points so that I can get my grade up to an A.

One of the things I want to get better at this second half is making sure that I am staying ahead of my reading for each week. I have fallen behind twice and need to make sure to stay one day ahead of the reported due date. I also would like to get a little bit more into my stories and understand the epics a little better.

I like this post because I think it is how this class is set up. We do a little bit each week but at the end of the semester we have a full storybook containing everything from the full semester. 

Inspirational Quote

Week 8 Comments and Feedback

I love the comments I get on all of my post because I think that the peers will help me become a better writer as the semester goes along. I think that all of the comments have been helpful and I really enjoy reading them whenever I get a new one. The most helpful comments have been the ones about my writing and what I need to improve on as I think it has made my storybook that much better.

I think I have been able take tips from comments that were left on my blog that I have been able to pass along to other students in the class. I have defiantly been able to enhance my own blog and storybook by getting to see so many other students post and taking little tips or stealing little ideas to make my storybook nicer.

Reading all of the different introduction blog post has been one of my favorite parts of this class because I think it really shows how diverse a online class can be. There are so many different people doing so many different things that it is cool to read about others taking a course at the same time. If you go through the list of people I don't think there would be one person like the other and I think that is really cool about this class.

I am looking forward to continue to help others improve their writing and getting a chance to read some more post and learn more about my classmates in this class. Right now I am happy with my blog but will continue to read the comments and see how I can make my story book the best it can be.

I like this image because I think we see a lot of similar people commenting on our post and I will try and comment back on theirs to help them as well. This is an interesting class because as a group we can all get better at writing overtime. 

Week 8 Reading and Writing

Looking back through some of my reading post I think my favorite from the semester so far would have to go back to the first story we read the Ramayana and the story it creates. I have liked the assignments and it has been easy to get into a little routine each week to finish all the assignments needed for each block. I haven't started too much with my project but I think I will enjoy the subject I selected and will have fun writing the other stories connected to it. I think my biggest accomplishment so far would be staying up with the readings and assignments each day. I have played out a nice weekly schedule and its been working well.

This would be my favorite picture I have found and I think I like it best because of the story that accompanied it. It is Rama and his golden bow and I just think the Rama has been my favorite character.

I think overall I need to spend a little bit more time in understanding the readings and more of the backstory of each character. In some of these stories their are so many different characters that pop up throughout the reading that they start to mesh together sometimes. That is one way I will help myself with the reading and be able to comprehend what is going on a little bit better. 

Week 7 Story: Changing of the Throne

It was coming down to the end of the year and the Team was going to miss its leadership the following season. They had 5 seniors that had led their team to many victories and showed great leadership along the way. You could tell the coach was going to be looking for someone to take their place and lead the what will be very young team to another successful season. Their was one junior that was the leading candidate to take their place but he was going to have to be put through the ringer to see if he was ready to lead the team the way the 5 seniors had the year before. It was the last tournament of the year and the junior knew he was going to have to show his growth in leadership this last tournament if he wanted to be the captain the next year. The coach and the 5 seniors were looking intently to see if he would show how he can be a leader. The junior started off roughly making bad scores on his first couple holes and instead of getting frustrated and throwing a fit he calmed himself and was able to come back and play a nice round. The coach noticed this because as a freshman he would of lost his self control and would not of finished a great round. He showed his leadership with his encouragement of the younger players that were also struggling. Instead of getting mad at the younger players that weren't playing good he showed them ways to get better and this gained the admiration and respect from the younger players. Finally, he was coming down the stretch of the tournament and needed to make a birdie on the last hole to win. If he was able to win then he would gain the respect of a leader from the 5 seniors because he could show that he could be the best. The junior was on the last green and had a 20 foot putt to win it all and he drained it for the win. This showed to the coach, 5 seniors, and younger players that he was ready to be the new captain.

(Yudhistira the person behind the story)

Yudhistira

The Junior in the story is how Yudhistira is able to gain the throne after having a long time coming of different hardships to make it to the top. The 5 seniors also symbolize the Pandavas leaving to go to the heavens. They left their lands how they wanted along with their wife Draupadi. 

Reading Notes: Part D

Drona takes over Duryodhana's armies and vows to take Yudhisthira under prisoner. It was a very well fought way from either side and it ended in many casualties from both armies. As more are lost it becomes time for one of the promising oaths of the Pandavas to come true and fulfill its prophecy. Bhima will finally take revenge over the treatment of Draupadi by Duhshana after the gambling match that had happened so long ago. The battle of Arjuna and Karna is the main climax of the whole war and the main scene that takes place in this story. Karna is dead and lost the huge battle. Just like any good story their is always a good twist and that comes when the pandavas are planned to be killed while they are sleeping by Ashwatthaman. After this twist we see a change in the leadership of the lands and Yudhisthira is now taking over the throne. A lot of things happen around the ganges river and Vyasa brings back the ghost of dead warriors. The Pandavas and Draupadi now decide that it is their time to go back to the heavens and ends with Yudhisthira taking over his new throne.


Mahabharat,Slavitt, David R., and Henry L Part D

(Pandavas and Draupadi)

Pandavas and Draupadi

Week 6 Story: The Trophy

It was a new start to the year and the men's golf team had a incoming class of 5 freshman. While these 5 kids were all different in their respective personalities they acted like brothers ready to take on the world. While each freshman was not the best player in country as a whole they were able to achieve great dominance and power in the world of college golf. They believed in each other just as much as they believed in themselves and this combination of confidence and belief is lethal in a sport like golf. They all had their sights set on the national championship but it was unheard of for 5 freshman to go on to win a national championship. They wanted to achieve the title everyone was fighting for but it would be a long and difficult road for the 5 freshman also known as the Pandavas.  The year started with many different teams from around the country and it was not an easy road at the start for the Pandavas. They were defeated often in the start to the season but with battle and tournament experience as they went a long they started to get stronger as a core leading to success leading up to the National Championship. The National Championship is a long week over the course of nine days and having to play the best players in the world to win the very expensive and elusive National Championship trophy. The only bad part of wining the trophy is that they have to share it between the 5 of them but they have never had a problem with sharing before. As the week went on they continued to impress the crowds with their great play all the way up to the final match. Waiting for them in the finals was the defending champions from the year before and they too had their sights on winning another national championship. The day went on and the Pandavas had one of the best days of golf they have ever played. They went on to win the National Championship and win the Trophy to bring back to their University.

(The national championship trophy)

The Trophy

This story is in reference to the actual group of 5 brothers that are the sons of Pandu and wives Kunti and Madri. They were known to be great warriors and won many battles. They were all married to one wife Draupadi after Arjuna, one of the brothers, wins her in a contest. He agrees to share his wife with the 4 other brothers. They were known as the Pandavas as well. Draupadi is obviously the trophy that the brothers are trying to win in the story I wrote.

Mahabharat, Slavitt, David R., and Henry L, Part A

Reading Notes: Part B

The pandavas were under pressure from many people as they were under fire about their recent marriage but a few of these people are scared because they know as a core set of 5 the pandavas are strong especially with their special weapons to go along with it. One of the ways they can see the demise of the Pandavas is by playing a game of dice and tricking the Pandavas. they can not pass down on a challenge. Yudhisthira is playing the dice game and starts to lose everything and will not stop till he wins. He eventually bets away his brothers and himself and even goes as far as to bet and lose his wife. The brothers and their wife are taken in and stripped completely all of their belongings. Yudhisthira and his brothers are let go but that makes Duryodhana furious and invites them all back for a rematch but this time the stakes are more steep as years of exile are involved in the punishment. Once again Yudhisthira loses and he and his brothers go into exile. they are given a copper bowl and a endless food supply so they are able to eat while they are away. Arjuna rejects a woman that falls in love with him and a curse it put on him but it will lead to benefit later in life. He also acquires weapons from the gods and this makes the Pandavas very happy.

Mahabharat,Slavitt, David R., and Henry L, Part B

(The five brothers and their wife)

Pandavas

Reading Notes: Week 6 part A

This story already starts off a little different because of how the women ins this story is killing babies by drowning them in a river. There is a lot of different people marrying others and switching throughout this first part of the story. A lot of the couples are summoned because one person does not want to sleep with someone so they tell someone below them in the hierarchy chain to sleep with that person. This continues all the way till a more important character comes into play named Pandu. Pandu is born looking very pale and is not allowed to have children because of a curse put on him. He has two wives though. Pandu is hunting one day and kills a deer as it is having sex but he is curse again that he too will have to die while having sex the same way. Panda ends up having 5 sons by the help of a God, Yama, but ends up dying while having sex later on. His wife Kunti has to take their 5 sons with her to Pandu brother house so that they will have a place to live. The 5 boys also known as Pandavas are loved by the new people and Pandu brother kids start to resent them for it. They want to have the Pandavas exiled from their land. Eventually they build a trap for the Pandavas in this house of joy built for them. It is made of very flammable material so it will catch on fire when they are in it. They narrowly escape but everyone else thinks they are dead. Through a contest in the woods one of the Pandavas is able to win and makes Draupadi the wife of Arjuna but Kanti always says that the 5 brothers must share everything they win. This means Draupadi is now the wife to 5 husbands. This was not the first time this has happened to Draupadi however as once in a different lifetime she was married to a sage that would make love to her through 5 different men. Once her husband left her she prayed to shiva that she would have those 5 men again.

(Pandavas and their wife)

brothers and wife

Mahabharat,Slavitt, David R., and Henry L, Part A

Reading Notes: Week 5

I decided to read another comic book for the part two reading and this one was Rama and his sons. This opens with Rama exiling Sita even though she was pregnant with their child. Valmiki helps raise the children that Sita gives birth too. She gives birth to twin brothers and they are raised in the image of their father and his accomplishments but do not know that Rama is their father. While Rama is the king of his country he is preparing for a sacred horse ritual that will sacrifice the fallen horse but not after his sons capture the horse. Rama sends a man to save the sacred horse but he is killed by the sons as well. Soon after Lakshama is sent to retrieve the horse but he is challenged to a duel and

Story Week 5

We open this story with the freshest face in all of golf. He is the new comer of the year for the state of Texas and his name is Garett Reband. He has soured to the top of the golf junior rankings while only having a mother to support him. His father had left his mother before he was born and went on his own journey of life. Garett never knew who is father was and did not know if he ever would. He used all of his pent up anger to play great golf and demolish all of his opponents on the golf course. He was still very young but he had his sights set on beating the number one player in the world and would not let anyone stop him. The best player in the world at this time was Quade Cummins from a small town in Oklahoma and while his journey to the top was a lonely one he was still the best. Little did people know that this new upcoming player was the son of the famous Quade Cummins. Quade was the man that left his girlfriend to pursue his golf career and did not want any distractions because he knew he could be the best. As the season continued Garett continued to progress in the rankings on to the top but knew beating the best player in the world would be no small feat. All this time Garett's mom and at one time Quade's girlfriend knew that these two would meet up one day and she was dreading their encounter. She had never told Garett that Quade was his dad but knew she would have to. She sat Garett down one day and explained to him where he came from and where he got his ability as a golfer. This really upset him and he wanted to quit the sport that had given him so much because of who his dad was but his mother instructed him otherwise. He continued his way until the day came where he would play Quade for the best player in the world. Quade at this time still did not know that Garett was his son and Garett waited until the first tee to tell him who he was. Garett introduced himself as Quade's son and Quade could not believe it. His head started racing as he never knew that this was his son and it completely killed his game for the day. Quade played awful and Garett breezed to victory to become the best player in the world and overcome his dad that left him so long ago.

(Quade walking off the final hole)
quade walking off











 Rama exiles Sita even though she was pregnant with their child. Valmiki helps raise the children that Sita gives birth too. She gives birth to twin brothers and they are raised in the image of their father and his accomplishments but do not know that Rama is their father. Rama later comes to find out that these two boys are his sons and he can't believe it.