Reading Notes: More Jataka Tales Part A

(Mongolian Wolf: Pixabay)

• A rat forest had a Chief of Rats. 
• A wolf knew about this rat civilization and wished to eat them.
• The wolf planned to stay at the corner of the rats' on his hind legs and with his mouth open.
• When the rats passed by, he said he was on his hind legs because he was lame, and he had his mouth open because he ate air.
• The rats believed him, and every night, they would go with the Chief of Rats and talk to him because they felt bad.
• The wolf always ate the last rat.
• There were less and less rats at bed time, and the Chief of Rats knew it was the wolf.
• The next night, they talked to the wolf again, except this time, the Chief of Rats was last to leave.
• The wolf tried to make a jump for the Chief but was too slow.
• The Chief saw the wolf's crime then bit him and killed him.

Bibliography

More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt

Tech Tip: Browser Bookmarks

I have been using bookmarks ever since I got my hands on free online textbooks. I will bookmark the online PDF file so that I don't have to download it and have it take up space on my computer. I have also used bookmarks for this class. I usually use it when I find other student's whose stories I like and want to read again.

Tech Tip: Twitter Follow

When I use Twitter, I just want to laugh. So many accounts I follow are meme and viral video accounts.

Tech Tip: Hashtags and Retweets

Click here to see the tweet I retweeted almost three years ago.

I retweeted primarily because of the hashtag. I really related to it.

Tech Tip: Canvas Notifications

I turned on the notifications and set it to send me emails around the second month at being at OU. The first month I was here I was so behind and so lost, so I definitely need it to keep me on track. I am better at checking Canvas, so the notifications can get somewhat annoying these days, but they still really save my butt every once in a while.

Reading Notes: Abhimanyu

(Uttara and Abhimanyu: Wikimedia Commons)

• Abhimanya is the son of Arjuna.
• The Pandava's cousins exile them, but Abhimanya and his mother stay in the royal, and Abhimanya vows to avenge the wrongdoings done to his father and the other Pandavas.
• The Pandavas meet King Virata, and he offers his daughters.
• Arjuna suggests that Virata's daughter, Uttara, marries Abimanya, and so, they marry.
• Krishna tries to make peace between the Pandavas and the Kauravas when the Pandava's exile ended, but the Kauravas want war.
• The Kauravas attack in a specific formation that only Abhimanya knows how to partially defeat.
• He knows how to break it but not to exit it.
• Abhimanya breaks the formation but gets cut off and is left to defend himself.

Bibliography

Abhimanyu: Star-Crossed Prince by Anant Pai

Reading Notes: Gandhari

(Vyasa Talking With Gandhari: Wikimedia Commons)

• Gandhari is the woman that married to Dhritarashtra, but he is blind.
• Gandhari blindfolds herself to share her husband's life, and her brother, Shakuni, has to take her to Hastinapura to marry Dhritarashtra.
• Gandari receives a blessing from Lord Shiva that she will have a hundred sons, but her first child is a shapeless lump.
• Vyasa tells her to prepare one hundred jars, and Gandhari's requested another jar for a daughter.
• Vyasa cuts the lump and puts a piece into each jar, and then, they wait two years.
• Their first born is Duryodhana.

Bibliography

Gandhari: A Mother Blinded By Love by Gayatri Madan Dutt