Week 8 Famous Last Words

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I have spent a lot of time this week in Bizzell focusing on the Amar Chitra Katha comics to fulfill the reading requirements for the semester.  I chose the comics based on the following criteria:

Gods that are featured or may be featured in my story- Surya, Aruna, Saraswati, Vishnu, Indra

Bird stories- so if I wrote on Icarus’s journey through India, he could trace bird stories to find Aruna’s sons

Stories of friendship and courage- Again, to help with Icarus’s journey

Rama- In order to figure out where pre-Rama this story would occur, since Jakayu and Sampati are old when they come in contact with Rama. 

I also spent time with these comics because they were fun to read.  I liked how the stories were illustrated and how the stories were broken down into a more simplified telling.  There were parts in the Rama, The Gita, and Pandu’s Five Sons that cleared up some points I wasn’t sure if I completely understood when I read through the epics. 

I have a big project that I am about to start on for Intro to Literature, and I’m glad I had the opportunity to get the reading for Indian Epics out of the way before I start the research portion of the project. 

Focusing this week on feeling out ways I could incorporate Indian mythology into my story has helped me clarify the steps I need to take for my Indian Epics project. 

I got to correspond a lot with Laura this week, and now I have a better idea of what I need to be doing for my project for the rest of the semester.  Now that I have it in my brain that this is a storybook project and NOT a portfolio, I will spend time this week looking at the storybook requirements and looking at finished storybooks to get ideas on how to format my website. 

I have spent a lot of time this week in Bizzell focusing on the Amar Chitra Katha comics to fulfill the reading requirements for the semester.  I chose the comics based on the following criteria:

Gods that are featured or may be featured in my story- Surya, Aruna, Saraswati, Vishnu, Indra

Bird stories- so if I wrote on Icarus’s journey through India, he could trace bird stories to find Aruna’s sons

Stories of friendship and courage- Again, to help with Icarus’s journey

Rama- In order to figure out where pre-Rama this story would occur, since Jakayu and Sampati are old when they come in contact with Rama. 

I also spent time with these comics because they were fun to read.  I liked how the stories were illustrated and how the stories were broken down into a more simplified telling.  There were parts in the Rama, The Gita, and Pandu’s Five Sons that cleared up some points I wasn’t sure if I completely understood when I read through the epics. 

I have a big project that I am about to start on for Intro to Literature, and I’m glad I had the opportunity to get the reading for Indian Epics out of the way before I start the research portion of the project. 

Focusing this week on feeling out ways I could incorporate Indian mythology into my story has helped me clarify the steps I need to take for my Indian Epics project. 

I got to correspond a lot with Laura this week, and now I have a better idea of what I need to be doing for my project for the rest of the semester.  Now that I have it in my brain that this is a storybook project and NOT a portfolio, I will spend time this week looking at the storybook requirements and looking at finished storybooks to get ideas on how to format my website.