Sampati and Jatayu
I truly think this was the best of the options for me to write my
reading notes about because it fits with my ideas for the project of animals
along with telling a lesson. One thing that I would like to take away as a
writer is how to make characters in a story tell a story. I like the way this
is formatted this way because I think it makes the lesson seem more valuable.
Everyone knows that the best lessons come from the old and wise, so by having
an older Sampati tell a story about himself and his brother when they were young
is a great way to convey a message as an author. I also like the sequencing in
this story for the events. I think that one thing I could take away from this
story is how to chronologically place events where there is foreshadowing like
the plot line does in this one.
By having the events of his brother falling, him wishing for
a saint, talking to a saint, etc. I think that it gets the reader more able to
go with the flow of events if that makes sense. Another thing that I would like
to take away from this part of the reading is the dialogue. The dialogue is a
nice break from describing things like action and setting for the plot yet
still adding to what is going on. I also think that by mixing the dialogue into
the mix allows for the emotion to be seen better like when he is telling the
saint he wants death. I think that as a writer I should try to demonstrate this
because it is one thing for a character to think it but to converse with
another adds more meaning in my opinion.
Overall, I can see myself trying to recreate this story in a
more modern (maybe with dogs as I have done the past few weeks) to tell a story
that gives a lesson as does this one.
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| I chose this picture of birds flying to demonstrate Sampati and Jatayu flying too high. I found it on Pexels. |
Bibliography:
The story Sampati and Jatayu comes from The Iliad of the East: The Ramayana, by Frederika Richardson Macdonald (1870). The link to where I read this story is above.
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