Week 13 Reading Diary: The Imperial Sacrifice

This story is a lot longer then the others he has written so far. While starting off he usually just writes a couple paragraphs to start of and tells us what he is talking about throughout the stories. He has put in a lot more sections in the story and breaks it up just like paragraphs. I think it is a great idea to explain what he is talking about and a good idea to break it up a couple times throughout the story. He also breaks it up and then gives each section titles. I thought this was a lot different then what I have usually been reading. I do think it makes it organized and it gives us an idea what he is going to talk about. I like this because he then changes up how he writes the story. Reminds me of a poem each time he writes it. I think he really likes to write stuff a lot the lines up breaking it up a couple sentences at a time. He has done this for each part of his book. I really like to read it because he is so creative when he is writing the story, which helps me think about new ways to write my stores but again I do not think I can write something like he does. It would take a lot of time to write something like that and he has a lot of creativity. Very interesting story and it was really fun to read.

Romesh Dutt

Romesh Dutt: The Imperial Sacrifice

Week 13 Reading Diary: Continued: The Bride's Choice

For this reading diary I am going to be talking about part B of my reading choice this week. It is called The Bride’s Choice and it is from Mahabharata Book II. This author is very good at writing stories and using great details to describe his story. I have found that he always starts off with an intro in paragraph form so far. I think he does this for the reader because sometimes you get lost in his poetry type stories. They aren’t as easy to follow along like the other stories I have been reading. The other stories so far have more dialogue and they are in paragraph form. They explain the story easier with the dialogue and the paragraphs. It makes it a lot easier with the intro paragraphs to read the story and be like “oh I get what he is trying to say.” I like how the author does this because it helps the reader. I also think it kind of gives the story away to the read which is not a bad thing but at the same time it helps the reader so there is a positive and negative to the story. While reading the story he does use some dialogue but not as much as what I am use to seeing. I think the author does a very good job explaining the story even though it is in poetry form. I have really enjoyed this author so far and I am excited to read next week and finish up the book.

Mahabharata: The Epic of the Bharatas (The Tournament) by Romesh C. Dutt

Brides choice

Week 13 Reading Diary: The Tournament

In this story it is a lot different then I have been reading. The stories in the past are more storytelling in the normal way. In this reading it gives in introduction into the story then the author tells the story in his own form. His form is more along the lines of poetry. He rights a couple lines that seem to flow with each other like a poem. While reading it I thought it was very unique how someone could write a story like this. Personally I would find it very hard to write a poem or anything like a poem. It takes a lot of creativity and the choice of words is very important. I really enjoy reading something like this because it is different then what I am usually use too. I like these types of stories because it helps me be more creative when I tell my stories. I think reading this helps me writing different types of stories. I do not think I could venture far away from my original stories because I like writing the usually type of stories but putting different twists in them. To get more into this author, I had to really think about what he was saying when he was writing his stories. It was super interesting because I really had to focus on the word choice he was using because choosing words in stories like these are very important. Word choice sets up what the story is about and I thought he did a great job.

Romesh Dutt

Mahabharata: The Epic of the Bharatas (The Tournament) by Romesh C. Dutt

Week 12 Reading Diary, continued: Sita Ordeal

Almost done with the semester and I am going to miss all these reading diaries I have been doing. I have liked doing these so much because it has taught me how to think like the author. It has also taught us how to enjoy reading more and thinking about how to visualize what the author is talking about. In this story I enjoyed it because it was exciting to read and it was a good story that the author wrote. I have real enjoyed this author and all the stories that he’s written. He has really put together all the stories. He is one of my favorite author’s and has written some of my favorite stories so far. I am really sad to stop reading this but I liked it a lot like I said and it was a lot of reading. Some of the things I want to point out is the author uses great vocab and explains each section of the story. He also explains the stories well because he breaks them into sections. He also uses Rama a lot in his stories and I have really enjoyed that part. That’s one of the same things we have in common is that we love to use Rama in our story. Back to explaining how he breaks up sections. He breaks up sections to help clear up the story but also use it as an opportunity to explaining each character and what the character is doing. Great story.

Sita Ordeal by Krishna Dharma

Sita