- It is interesting that every hero has his or her own weakness-to me, Rama's weakness would be Sita
- During my reading I debated whether I thought Rama's love for Sita or his love for his brothers was the biggest weakness
- Jatayu is by far on of my favorite characters, I think there is something simplistic and awesome about his devotion to Rama and Sita
- When Ravana kills Jatayu, I felt like it was Hedwig from Harry Potter dying
- It felt like a right of passage that Rama had to go through to get Sita back
- I found it interesting that both Sugriva and Rama had their wives stolen- Not only did this help create a bond between the men but it calls into the question of why do the wives keep getting stolen?
- For a possible story idea it might be interesting to flip the roles and have the men get kidnapped for once
- It would then be up to the wives to be the heroes of the story
- It was also interesting that Sita left her jewelry behind as a way to mark her path, yet when Rama finds her she is still decked out in jewelry (while I know this is an inconsequential detail of the story, it still makes me wonder if she got new jewelry from Ravana or if she was wearing a ton of jewelry while in Exile)
- When browsing storybooks I saw someone did one over the fashions of India- It would be fun to do a "how-to" story on how to style your outfit with jewelry like Sita
- Sampathi, the brother of Jatayu was also a fun character. I hope I can find a way to use both of them in the same story.
Jatayu as he fights Ravana. Web Source
Here is the link to Hedwig's death in Harry Potter. There are so many similarities between the stories.
The Ramayana by R. K. Narayan
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