Reading Diary A Week 3

The characters are now in Kiskinda where they meet the new character named Hanuman who actually takes on the form of a giant monkey. Hanuman tells the story of Sugreeva, his chief. Vali was the brother of Sugreeva and the king of Kiskinda and had unlimited power. My favorite line about him was where it said that no lance could pierce his chest. Vali got in a big quarrel with Mayavi and ended up getting very angry with Surgeeva when it was over. In turn Vali forcibly stole Surgeeva’s wife. Rama feels bad for Surgeeva and wants to help him kill Vali. It showed a lot of compassion in Rama since he was so eager to help Surgeeva defeat his brother. I also really liked the way Rama stuck up for Surgeeva to Vali as he was dying. This shows his allegiance to Surgeeva even though they had just met. At the end of the reading we meet the character of Sampathi which is actually one of the only Indian Epics characters I had heard of before this class.