Week 5: Reading Diary Pt. B

I really enjoyed the story of Hanuman. I don't know why but this version of his story was just so much more captivating and I really loved it. It's definitely the story that I'll be doing for my retelling. Jeez, Tara was overdramatic. I liked it though. It makes me torn on which story to retell. I just really loved that Tara impaled herself on the arrow that killed her love. So tragic, so grand! There so much drama and kidnapping and suicide in this version. It's all so morbid but epic in the same way. Overall, this version seems less overly about Rama's story. I know the first version was clearly a frame tale (they both are), but the first version still felt like it was completely Rama's story. In this version, it seems more like a bunch of different stories converging together into one final story. It's like one of those movies with a million interconnected characters who's stories don't truly connect to us until the end. It's an interesting difference between the two versions. Also, the picture's that got put on the reading guide were all really gorgeous. My favorites yet.