Week 5 Storytelling: Let's Take a Trip
Susan: Welcome everyone I am Susan and thank you for taking my tour bus to the Great Burning of the Lac Palace. We will see many things along the way but our first stop is here. Hey guys where is everyone from?
Guy 1: I am from Canada
Girl 1: I am from Mexico
Guy 2: I am from America
Everyone was shouting out where they were from. There were over 30 people enjoying the tour bus today.
Susan: The Lac Palace is home of the Prince Duryodhana who was cousins of the Pandavas. They thought that Queen Kunti and the Pandavas had died in the fire because of the dead bodies out side of the Palace but they did not! They ran off into the woods to keep safe from the evil prince. Many people believed that Prince Duryodhana was so jealous that he wanted to burn his own family alive so that his people would love him more.
Guy 1: So how did the Pandavas and the Queen Kunit escape?
Susan: They escaped because Prince Vidura knew that he was planning an evil plot to kill them. Vidura planned an exit route just in case he wanted to set the house on fire. He built an underground tunnel to escape from the evil fires. But before they could finish the tunnel they set the place on fire. So they had to escape the fire by using Vidura's great powers. He told them to jump on him and he carried them out of the fire.
Girl 1: Where did the Pandavas go after the fire? Why did they go into the forest?
Susan: They went to a far away island where they could be in peace and rule over great people and find more wives. They ruled over a great town where many people loved them. They were known as one of the greatest families.
Authors Notes
Guy 1: I am from Canada
Girl 1: I am from Mexico
Guy 2: I am from America
Everyone was shouting out where they were from. There were over 30 people enjoying the tour bus today.
Susan: The Lac Palace is home of the Prince Duryodhana who was cousins of the Pandavas. They thought that Queen Kunti and the Pandavas had died in the fire because of the dead bodies out side of the Palace but they did not! They ran off into the woods to keep safe from the evil prince. Many people believed that Prince Duryodhana was so jealous that he wanted to burn his own family alive so that his people would love him more.
Guy 1: So how did the Pandavas and the Queen Kunit escape?
Susan: They escaped because Prince Vidura knew that he was planning an evil plot to kill them. Vidura planned an exit route just in case he wanted to set the house on fire. He built an underground tunnel to escape from the evil fires. But before they could finish the tunnel they set the place on fire. So they had to escape the fire by using Vidura's great powers. He told them to jump on him and he carried them out of the fire.
Girl 1: Where did the Pandavas go after the fire? Why did they go into the forest?
Susan: They went to a far away island where they could be in peace and rule over great people and find more wives. They ruled over a great town where many people loved them. They were known as one of the greatest families.
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| ( Picture by Ramnadayandatta Shastri Pandey,EscapeofPandavas) |
I wanted to create a story based of the Mahabharata: The House of Fire. It is where an evil prince tries to set his cousins how on fire but in return it burns down his own palace too. He wanted the people to love him more than they loved the Pandavas. We were suppose to tell our story as if we were a tour guide. I thought the house of fire was a great one. I told the story almost exactly how it was but I made twists on little things like the tunnel not being done and that Vidura had to carry them out. I also changed that they ran off to another land to rule they ran off onto the forest and ran into some lovely ladies to marry.
Bibliography:
Mahabharata, Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie, Mackenzie, Nivedita, Seeger, and Tagore.
Hey Izzy! I really enjoyed your story and felt that the random changes like the tunnel were a nice way to handle things. I think the image is interesting as well but just wish is were more colorful. I think the style of writing was pretty different with things like separating people by like "Guy 1". This makes it clear what is happening and adds a dynamic difference.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your interpretation of The House of Fire, Izzy! I especially liked how you told the story from a creative perspective by telling it as a bus/tour guide. That was a unique approach and added a new element to the story, while still sticking to the same plot and storyline. You stuck with the basis and main message of the story, but added your own twist to the story. It was interesting to read that it was Vidura who saved his family because the underground tunnel was not finished, yet the Pandavas still make it out alive.
ReplyDeleteHi again, Izzy! I really like that you told this story from a completely different view point. Most of the stories I read are told in the same style as they were originally told, so props to you for creativity! It is also refreshing to have the story told to us verbatim. Way to go and keep it up! Jessie
ReplyDeleteIzzy, the tour bus idea for the story setting was very unique, and the description in the beginning about, "Everyone was shouting where they were from" adds good description and depth to your story, and if you make revisions to the story is something to look at adding throughout. Otherwise the story was very good and was presented in a way unique to you, and was very enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteHello Izzy!
ReplyDeleteI think your retelling of The House of Fire is great! It's really creative how you modernized the story with the tour bus idea. It might help your overall goal with the plot to give the characters names or maybe more details to make this more story-like. Overall though, great job! I look forward to reading more of your stories.