Week 3: Reading Diary Pt. B

Poor, poor Ravana being attacked by monkeys. I wish I knew why monkeys exactly. That's definitely something I'll have to look into online. But after everything, Ravana is still so narcissistic and egotistical that he refuses to accept that he can ever be defeated, cursed or not. Ravana is just so prideful for a 10-headed demon. This part of the story is very 300, you know? Rama builds his army up but it may never be as strong as Ravana's demon army. Ravana is really just an unstoppable force. He's got so much hubris that he literally cannot see him impending failure, and this makes him a brilliant antagonist. He is attacked by monkeys, and then uses monkeys to trick Sita into thinking Rama is dead. When this fails, he simply uses another method to try and trick Sita. He fails time and time again, and loses many of his army in the process, and still he keeps on going like the Energizer bunny or something. He's got perseverance, I'll tell you that. But in the end, Rama triumphs! He defeats Ravana and saves his one true love Sita. And then he tests her love. She was willing to leap into a fire for Rama. It sucks that she had to prove her love, but reasonable enough. I wish these people in stories didn't have to always prove their love, but I guess since Rama was able to defeat Ravana then Sita should be able to prove herself too. I guess in that way, that bit didn't annoy me too much at all.