Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Week Seven Reading Diary Continued: The Mahabharata, Epified

The second part of The Mahabharata narrated by Epified was interesting like the first.  I really loved the emotion that the narrators portrayed of the characters and the artist did an excellent job by showing great details in regards to the characters movements, the characters personable traits like the reactions on their faces in regards to the matters they were dealing with, and lastly the back ground scenes where things took place.

 I especially enjoyed the story of Karna and the details in which the narrator explained the characters and their actions.  Karna was a very admirable character in the story; he appreciated his parents for everything they had done for him.  Because he knew he was sewn from a different cloth, after his encounter with Drona not once did he mention that he was born from a higher class and was “adopted” by people who were of a lower class.  He had the opportunity of explaining how he received his great warrior instincts, but he felt that if he were to explain the truth it would be a way of betraying his real parents, the ones who saved his life from the basket that was floating in the river.  His parents felt bad because they knew that Karna wanted to train, but with patience and time, a great sage had helped him.



The character of Drona was different than what I expected.  I portrayed him as an older man who was wise and very caring.  In Epified’s version Drona was a bit cold and harsh.  They made the character seem as if status and money was the only way to spark interest in training other young men besides the Pandava’s.  

Bibliography: "The Mahabharata" written by R.K. Narayan (1978)
                     "The Mahabharata"  narrated by Epified (2015)

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