Review for Week 13

My favorite graphic from the current announcement is the meme of the cat. It made me laugh. I love cats.

(Cat Meme)

Growth Mindset: Week 13

I found this meme online and it made me laugh. I love cats. They are funny and brave. Their bravery can be kind of inspirational. In the image below there is a cat poking out of wall. Someone took advantage of this to make an inspirational meme -- "break t. through the barriers." What this means to me is to be yourself. Be an individual.

(Cat Meme)

Famous Last Words: Week 13

I am a little behind this week because I was out of town the past weekend so I did not get much homework done over the weekend. Because of this I have been catching up all week and consequently was not able to do a lot of the reading for this week. I did the storytelling though. I really enjoyed doing the storytelling this week. My story was based off of “Mira’s Bridegroom” from the Indian Fables and Folklore by Shovona Devi. My favorite thing about this story was the innocence and simplicity of it. It about a young girl who gets a doll as a gift from her father. She begins to form a strong attachment to the doll even as she grows up. I made my story more into a romantic story and intertwined a little Alladin in it. It was fun to write it. 

My other classes are going well so far. Thanksgiving is next week and then finals will be here before I know it. I am a little stressed out about finals. I am trying to finish this course a little early so that I can save time to study for my other classes but because of busy schedule, it has been a little difficult. Hopefully before dead I can get this class done. I will miss this class though. I have enjoyed reading the stories and fables. I took mythology and folklore class semester, which is taught by the same instructor Laura Gibbs. I enjoy these kind of courses because not only do you get to manage your time but get to also learn a lot from the stories. I have not really noticed any connections between this class and my other classes. My other classes are all science and psychology courses so they do not really have a lot in common with an Indians Epic class. 

(Finals)

Storytelling for Week 13: Dulah

Dulah

    Once there was a little girl. She was a beautiful and innocent little girl. One night she was walking with her father when they passed by a wedding. There up on the stage was a bride and her Dulah (bridegroom). The little girl saw how happy the bride was and told her father that she wanted a Dulah as well.

    The next day, the father found a little Dulah toy doll and bought it. He brought it home and gave it so this daughter. The daughter loved it. The little girl took the Dulah toy doll everywhere she went. She took it with her to the market, to school, to church, and even to the playground. It was her favorite toy. Even as she grew up to become a beautiful young maiden, she still had the Dulah toy doll. Her loyalty to the Dulah toy doll represented her commitment to wait until an actual Dulah comes into her life. She would pray every day to the god Krishna that a handsome, loyal, strong, and courageous man would become her Dulah.

    As time went on, her friends all found their Dulah and got married off. This disheartened the young maiden. All she ever wanted as a child was to find very own Dulah just like the bride she saw when she was a young girl. She confided to her father about why she has not found her Dulah. Her father replied that she must be patient. The gods will answer her prayers.

   One day while running a few errands for her father, she saw a poor starving orphan boy. He was just sitting in the middle of the market, staring at the food and longing for it. The young maiden had compassion for this boy. She had no money on her but despite it she decided to grab an apple when the owner of the market was not looking and give it to the starving orphan boy. Unfortunately the owner saw her try to steal the apple and threatened to cut her hand off as punishment. The owner was just about to cut off her hand when a young man stepped in and stopped the owner. The young maiden looked at the young man instantly fell in love with him. He was everything she had ever wanted. He was her Dulah.

    A few months later, the young girl who once dreamed of having her Dulah is now a young woman and married to the young man that saved her in the market. And now the Dulah toy doll is safe with another young little girl. 

(Bridegroom)

Author's Note

My story is based of the story of  "Mira's Bridegroom." I kept the Dulah toy doll but changed the story into a more a romantic story. 

 "Mira's Bridegroom" from Indian Fables and Folklore by Shovona Devi (1919). Web SourcePublic Domain