I have never made it this far in the story. In past classes we only read the first half, or watched the first half, but the second half was much better in my opinion. There was much more action and adventure in this part of the story that caught more of my attention.
Starting in this part of the story Rama and Lakshmana meet a new ally, Hanuman and Sugriva. These two characters play such a vital role in the story that catch much of my attention and draws me in. I loved hearing the story of how Sugriva brings in Rama and Lakshmana to aid him in his conquest on his evil brother in order that he might win back his kingdom and along with that his wife. And just that happens, Rama uses his bow to send a final blow into Sugriva’s brother Vali, killing him and giving the kingdom back to Sugriva. With the glory of victory in his mind, he forgets about his promise to Rama about helping Rama find Sita, who had been kidnapped earlier.
Sugriva gets back on his game and sends out scout teams to help find Sita. North, South, East and West Sugriva sends out his team. All come back, except the South. South get word that Sita was found in Lanka, kidnapped by Ravana. Hanuman jumps like King Kong all the way to Lanka and finds Sita and destroys much of Lanka. He gets caught, and escapes easy. He goes back to Rama and lets him know that Sita is in Lanka. Then all the monkey’s army march onto Lanka to attack the entire island. Ravana finds out that Rama is attacking, and is told by his brother that he should release Sita, Ravana disagrees and banishes his brother who then joins Rama.
The Burning of Lanka
Sources used: M. Dutt, R. Dutt, Gould, Griffith, Hodgson, Mackenzie, Nivedita, Oman, Richardson, and Ryder
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