Week 6: Reading Diary B

Sita:

• Sita breaks when she thinks Rama has been killed and "let life slip and fall away through her fingers" (p. 233)
• Trijata is the woman every heartbroken girl needs to snap her back into reality
• Sita says Hanuman is powerful because of his love for Rama (p. 258)

Other points of interest:

• Rama has to be convinced by the animals to go to war 
• "Fools mistake patience for weakness" Rama (p.224)
• The squirrels helping to build the bridge is the cutest thing ever! (p. 225)
• "Are you afraid?" "Well, no, but my stomach hurts." Ravana and Sardula (p. 231)
• Poor elderly Malyavan...
• The blow meant for Nala only killed a mosquito about to bite him
• Everyone things taking Sita was a mistake-- everyone, except Ravana "What I don't like, I don't hear" (p. 245)
• Ravana cannot take on the form of Rama to trick Sita because he would have to become morally good like Rama (p. 246)
• sword becomes a woman (p. 253)
• Rama actually dies (p. 253)
• War as much physical as it is psychological-- the demons pretend to kill Rama and pretend to kill Sita