Overview

For this class, I’m really excited about storytelling.  Before I wrote my first story, I wasn't sure about the entire process or how fun it would be.  However, after I finished, it was surprisingly fun and simple.  I’m also really excited to read the same stories from two completely different authors.  I think that will help out with retelling stories for this class.

I have read excerpts of the Ramayana in a literature class. I don’t remember much since that was four or five semesters ago.  Other epics that I have read fully or excerpts from are Gilgamesh, the Iliad, and the Odyssey.  I have read these for various classes from high school to college.  I do like epic movies such as Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago. 

Peter O'Toole as T. E. Lawrence in David Lean's 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia. Source: Wikipedia

I really have no personal experience with India or Indian culture, but from the various pictures I have seen, it looks very rich and colorful.