Week 3 Story The Magical Boy
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The next night he had a very similar dream but now the leopards family was coming after him. The boy thought of the bright light and bam, the leopards family laid dead for all the courage and power the little boy had earned.
The morning after this dream he ran to tell his mother of the great news. She was pleased and the little boy never again had a nightmare.
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| ( "Leopard" by Srikaanth Sekar, TheLeopard) |
This story was based off of Thataka , The Ramayana.You see Rama (a great warriors son) battle a evil women but because she is a women he is hesitant. He was told to do it and he drew his bow and shot the evil women. He was rewarded with weapons whenever he chooses. The next scene more evil people come after him and he imagines the weapons and slays the evil people. I wanted to add a little twist on this story and maybe make it more realistic in our times. A little boy who has a creative mind.
Bibliography:
Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913).Thataka
I thought this story was really sweet in following a little boy as he conquers his nightmares. Like Rama, he is rewarded for his bravery even though he hesitated at first, and then he is able to confidently move forward and not be held back by his fear anymore. My little sister often has nightmares and I always try to tell her that it is her dream and she can make it her own, I'll have to show her your story about the little boy overcoming the jaguars!
ReplyDeleteIzzy, I thought this was a very creative take on the story of Rama, and provided a new way to imagine the story. It was a nice touch to make the boy afraid to harm the jaguar due to its natural beauty, showing the fact that even the beautiful things can have ugly motives. I look forward to reading other stories you write this semester with this sort of creativity.
ReplyDeleteIzzy, I thought the title of your story was intriguing, I wanted to know moe about this magical boy after I read it. I also think that depicting the internal struggle of nightmares was a good way to retell this story.
ReplyDeleteI wonder about the description of this leapoard city. Why does this leopard need to becoe a warrior leopard? I also wonder what the source of the lightis that gave this boy the tools to overcome his nightmare.
What if the source of the light was some other-worldly being that was the protector of this boy. Or perhaps the boy could turn to this light for guidance in times of greater external struggle in the future. I also think you could provide some dialogue between the boy and his mother. I think that would create more of an attachment to your characters.
This is a good story Idea in my opinion.