Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Reading Diary A: Wilson. Rama's Quest

Rama's Quest Part A:
(Rama. Image Source)
Section 1: Rama and Sita


  • "A deep shadow in this city of sunshine."
  • A sacrifice to gain the God's favor.
  • Rama has extraoridinary strength, skill, bravery and beauty.
  • A large amount of creatures will be useful to someone at some time.
  • A community of hermits.
  • A band of demons! (What if the story is about a popular rock BAND that is comprised of DEMONS, in other words, a band of demons!)
  • Tarika, the ogress.
  • Attacking with a bow, and having great archery skills.
Section 2: Rama's Exile


  • Winning a lady (or man) through a tournament, or contest.
  • Banished for 14 years.
  • Lovers that cannot be seperated. ("I will follow you into Hell...")
  • A royal chariot.
Section 3: Bharata and Rama


  • An exiled individual being begged to come back.
  • Golden sandals.
  • Going from hermitage to hermitage.
Section 4: Life in the Forest


  • Magical powers. Hermits who possess magical powers.
  • The princess being dressed up in beautiful garments.
  • A wife and husband hermitage.
  • Rakshasas.
Section 5: Ravana and Sita


  • The damsel in distress, taken by the Rakshasa.
  • A hermit taking form of a warrior.
  • Guarding a treasure.
  • A rainfall of flowers.
  • Ravana, King of the Rakshasa.
Section 6: The Monkeys


  • Taking form of a Golden deer.
  • A dying vulture tells a tale.
  • Sugriva, the monkey King.
  • Moving as fast as the wind.
  • Being carried on someone's back.
Section 7: Hanuman in Lanka


  • Hanuman, son of the wind.
  • A garland of scarlet flowers. (More flower imagry)
Section 8: Sita and Hanuman


  • Isle of Rakshasas
  • Many stolen women in the lair of the evil demon king. 
  • "A lion among men."
  • Prince of monkeys.
  • Hanuman's tail set on fire.
  • Spirit of the Sea, Queen of the Ocean.
  • In order to gain access into Ravana's realm, they must build a mole, which I looked up and found is a type of pier or structure built on an ocean.
  • What if Ravana's Realm is a demonic world. (Story idea: focusing on world, exploring what the world of demons would be like. Use it to introduce Ravana and his Prince's and princesses. Ravana will be more humanized and a hybrid of the Western conventional idea of a demon and the concept of vampires.)

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