Epics of India

  Mahabharata Characters: The Pandavas spent a year in the forest in disguise Arjuna became a dancing teacher Bhima rescued Sairandhri from the people The Pandavas reveal their identity and prepare for a big battle Arjuna basically killed Bhishma Dhritarashtra and Gandhari ended up going off to die in the forest fire Yudhishthira became king King Krishna ended up dying the city of Dwaraka was taken by a wave from the sea and drowned Arjuna was told he had to return his bow to Varuna The Bharatas reunited in the end  Arjuna

  Mahabharata Characters: King Bharata was king of Hastinapura Pandu became king and had 5 sons, the Pandavas Hidimbi fell in love with Bhima Bhima ended up killing Hidimbi Five weddings take place  Peace is made with the Pandavas between Duryodhana Arjuna is sent into exile and meets a water nymph Ulupi and they get married underwater Arjuna creates a roof with his bow and arrow Gambling matches took place Arjuna receives golden armor and returns to his brothers Arjuna

 I am very happy with my progress in this class and I feel like I have developed a pretty good routine on completing my assignments. I have enjoyed creating my own version of stories and putting my very own twists to them. I have done some of the extra credit assignments as I have found them to actually be somewhat enjoyable. I feel like my blog and website are coming along nicely and I am happy how they both have turned out. Looking forward I hope to continue my same routine of completing assignments as they have gone pretty well.  Mountain

 I would say the comments left on my posts are overall pretty helpful. People are very good at using positive reinforcement and pointing out what they really like about my posts and what I should keep doing and what is working for me. I would say the majority of the comments I leave on people's posts are pretty similar on how people leave comments for me. I try and leave comments on the things that stand out to me and that I like to encourage them on continuing to use that strategy. Even though I am not necessarily seeing these people face to face, I still feel like I am getting to know my classmates a little better based on their writing and comments. Looking forward, I will continue to leave positive reinforcement comments on people's posts because in my eyes, it is the best form of feedback. Feedback helps you see the road ahead I enjoyed this picture because I like the sunset and it is true that feedback can point you in the right direction or better direction than you prev...

 I feel like the reading and writing assignments are going pretty well for me and I have been able to put some interesting spins on my stories I have been writing. I am pretty happy with how my portfolio and website has turned out. I feel like I have found the writing style for the different stories I have made really work with what I am overall trying to do. I enjoy writing in a sort of interview/radio style setting in my stories to get different perspectives about the various stories. Making reading notes before making my stories really do help because I am able to get all the main information and make a general outline of what I want to do with my story. Arjuna I picked this picture because it is of the last story I came up with and I really enjoyed making a talk show radio type of story about Arjuna. This was a big character and fun to write about. Looking forward, I hope to continue reading these stories and using them as different interviews or radio talk shows. 

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  Mahabarata CALL IN RADIO SHOW Hey what's up guys welcome to JHG radio show. We have a crazy day in store for you listeners on the other end. We're going to have a few guests call in that might have some quarrels with one another so today's show might get a little intense.  First up on the show we have Arjuna who has had a lot on his plate. Arjuna how are you this evening? "I have had better days I will say. What all has been going on to cause you to have some bad times? "Well there has been a lot before this but what really set me off was learning that my son was killed. When I heard that, I only had one thing on my mind which was to kill the person who did it which was Jayadratha. I vowed to kill him and I ended up carrying out my vow and killed the person behind my son's death." It seems this wasn't the end of your violent ways. What else happened after this? "Well after that I went into battle and ended up killing Karna in a battle." We...

 Mahabharata Characters: Everyone is beginning to what peace and justice Arjuna is the only one that Karna will attack Bhishma is the supreme leader of his army Bhishma is shot in the back and is almost killed and is no longer able to fight in battle Drona is made the commanding general Arjuna learns of his son's death and becomes enraged and vows to kill Jayadratha Arjuna follows through with his vow and kills Jayadratha Bhima kills an elephant and there is an invisible weapon that gets used in battle  Bhima gets his revenge on Duhshasana and obliterates him and also drinks his blood Arjuna killed Karna while he was stuck helplessly in the mud in his chariot Shayla is made supreme commander The Pandavas perfromed rituals for the people who died in battle Yudhishthira becomes king All the Pandavas die off except Yudhishthira who leaves his body and goes to heaven                Pandavas

  Mahabharata Characters: Dhritsrashta knows what the Pandavas are up to and the weapons Arjuna has received. Duryodhana was taken captive by the gandharvas Oddly enough, the Pandavas free Duryodhana which makes him look stupid because he was going to seek revenge on the Pandavas A giant deer stole Brahmin's staff so he approached the Pandavas Nakula, Sahadeva, and Bhima ends up ignoring a voice while trying to drink water and dies The last brother finds them all and answered the voice which brought them all back to life and received the gift of unrecognizability for their 13th year of exile Arjuna decided to change her name and become a eunich Brihannala and Uttara stole the Pandavas' weapons from their hiding place The P andavas try and make another peace offering after a battle Karna told them all he got Brahmastra weapon and Karna gets enraged due to certain remarks It sounds like the war might be back on because of this Pandavas

Image I came up with this quote from a variety of different quotes I have heard before. Whenever I get stressed, I I always have to remind myself I cannot change the past. What is done is done and I can only move forward so there is no point in dwelling in the past. If I get stressed for what is coming up in the future, I do what I can in the present to make the future work out in my best interest as much as possible. Following these principles I tend to lower my stress levels and become more confident in myself.

The Danger of a Single Story I really enjoyed listening to this ted talk because I can relate it to my life very easily. She talks about how many people have viewed her in a single mindset. People have been stereotyping her for quite some time now just because of her heritage and her skin color. She tells the troubles of having a single story which relates to just having a single mindset of something and not have a perspective. However, she also talks about how she has had a single story mindset. I can relate this to my life because I have been guilty of stereotyping certain things because I am not knowledgeable about certain things. I should go about life with a multiple perspectives and slow to judge someone because I might not know the whole story. Imaginary Friends and Real-World Consequences: Parasocial Friendships I had never really thought about how I connect with fictional characters in movies or books but I definitely do. I have seen both Harry Potter and Game of Thrones and h...

 Mahabharata Characters: Duryodhona is upset to find the Pandavas are still alive Arjuna goes into exile for twelve years Yudhjishthira was crowned king Indraprastha The Pandavas are a force to be reckoned with because they have very powerful weapon such as the Gandiva bow which was a gift from the fire god Agni Shakuni plans to get their revenge on the Pandavas in a game of dice After the games of dice, instead of violence, there is peace ordered Arjuna acquires the weapon Pashupita from the god Shiva Arjuna gets told her curse will be a blessing later for her self control Arjuna then rejoins the Pandavas after 5 years for the weapons she has obtained Pandavas

  Mahabharata Characters: King Shantanu- was pious and all powerful and just Ganga- wife to king shantanu and was beautiful and named after Ganges River They had children and Ganga would kill them all, enraging king shantanu She finally gave him a son to be king and vanished Devavrata- son of King Shantanu Satyavati- fair maiden who helped travelers across a river King Shantanu fell in love with Satyavati but was unable to marry her unless he gave up his son's birthright to the throne Chitrangada- son of Shantanu who became king Vichitriviyra- son of Shantanu who took over as king from Chitrangada Amba- eldest of the three princesses King Pandu- mighty monarch renowned as a warrior Drona- brave and god adoring son Bharadwaja Drona got his revenge and took possession of half a kingdom Duryodhana planned to set fire to the Pandavas while they slept Mahabharata