Reading Notes: Public Domain Ramayana, Part B

• Kind of crazy to lay down and mourn for 10 days straight
• Why does Rama feel he needs to keep his promise to be exiled after his father died?
• I would probably just have him return if Bharata wants him to come back so bad and is okay with it.
• Everyone wants Rama to return anyway
• Could Rama, Site, and Lakshman not have just said there were in the forest but found a city or some place to stay until they came back?
• Rama is a beast. He defeated an army of 14 thousand of rakshasas by himself 
• Isn't it convenient that someone showed up right when Lakshmana left to check on Rama. Site should have stayed with Lakshmana to see if Rama was okay.
• Smart that Sita dropped her jewelry as Ravana flew off with her to leave a trail for Rama to find. 
• If they encountered this much trouble all the time, they should have gone back home or found some where safe to stay.
• If the brothers were so powerful and so many people knew of them, you would think this would not be this hard to find her.
• In part a reading notes, I had said I liked the poetry and thought about using it, but I changed my mind.
• It is much harder to follow when it is written as poetry
• Much easier when it is just in a story form.
• There are already too many names and words that are specific to this story that you have to remember.
• I want to keep the names/details/etc simple and easy to remember
• I have had to go back multiple times to figure out who people are

The Golden Deer (Maricha), Source: Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues

Bibliography

Public Domain Ramayana, link to the reading online.