Epics of India

There once lived a King in a beautiful palace. The king was known for his extraordinary kindness throughout the kingdom and spanned even across the nation themselves. However, with all his kindness, he couldn't stop misfortunes from his kingdom. Dark times hit them drastically. Fruits were not blooming, crops were failing, and his subjects became unhappy. He needed to find a way to support his people with food, but he didn't know where to look. One day, one of the fisherman noticed a large fruit, a mango, drifting down the great Ganges river. And, being hungry as the fisherman was, he took a big bite out of the mango. It was the sweetest and juiciest mango he had ever eaten! He knew the kingdom was in dark times, so he took the other half of the mango to the king. "Wow! This is the best mango I have ever eaten! Tell me, dear fisherman, where did you find such a divine fruit?" The King asked. "It was drifting down the Ganges, the spot where I was fishing at...

All stories retrieved from Twenty Jataka Tales  by N. Inayat The Two Pigs Usage of onomatopoeia as the introductory sentence to create curiosity within the readers. This can be a great way to get the readers' attention by using simple sound-like descriptions, such as "tick-a-tack" in this story Also included traditional fairy tale-like ending "... lived happily ever after" to create sense of comfortability and sense of happy ending in a story meant to be read to children Again, inclusion of something mystical that influenced the behavior and thought processes of humans and their faults, which in this case is the power of love to conquer all Also included the instance of royalty, such as a king What is the effect of inclusion of a king and why is it effective? What feelings does this inclusion create? How does it essential to the plot of the story? Ways to rewrite this From the perspective of the drunken men From the perspective of the king Told...

All readings were retrieved from Twenty Jataka Tales , by N. Inayat The Monkey Bridge I've noticed that most of these Jatakas originating from India bear many significant geographical locations. Such as for this story, it doesn't mention some river, but does mention the Ganges, which is a culturally important river in India. Another indication is the Himalayas. Diction is simple and easy to understand, no usage of complex words Senses, such as taste and smell are heavily emphasized and inclusion of exclamation points to start the emphasis of feeling Again, inclusion of some form of leader and/or royalty, which in this case, King of the monkeys. The actions and sacrifices of the monkey King was significant in its effect on how he treated his kingdom after he had found the Monkey King, which in way teaches a lesson for both the readers and the character in the story. The Guilty Dogs Just like the story above, there included the aspect of royalty such as the king of...