TOPIC: The storybook topic I am choosing is "Indra." The God Indra has several stories, especially in the Ramayana as well in which he plays a large role. I don't think there are too many stories or two few that will make it hard to decide, but a good amount. I want to pick four different stories of Indra that show how he is both mischievous as well as great and powerful. One of these stories is the one from Buck's Ramayana where Indra and Ravana battle each other. The other story is from Narayan's Ramayana where Indra interferes between the love of Ahalya and Gautama, his more mischievous side.
Bibliography:
1) Buck, William (1976). Ramayana: King Rama's Way.
2) Narayan, R. K. (1972) The Ramayana.
Styles:
Postscripts and Prequels
I really like this idea since I usually tend to write about things that aren't really mentioned in the actual story, so the idea of having a prequel to Indra's stories, showing what he was doing prior to the event or perhaps after it. Or maybe even both.
Courtroom Style
This is a style that really appealing to me especially because I can bring in other gods into my story as the judges and jury and so on in my courtroom but still have it seen from the perspective of Indra. This would be cool to do with the battle against Ravana that Indra had, but have it in a courtroom instead. Even the story of Gautama and Ahalya can be put in a courtroom setting. Either way, this idea is something I might actually pursue.
Twist the Ending
I always have these thoughts about how things would be with an alternate ending so this is also something I might do. I can have it to where the usual endings to Indra's story have a bit of plot twist, an example being that Ahalya actually ends up going with Indra rather than being turned into a rock after Gautama sees her.
News Reporting
What are the most fun news reports? The ones about scandals and war... of course, thats not actually good, but it would be fun to put Indra's stories into this format and have some of the other gods be the ones who are reporting the story and then maybe have Indra interviewed in the news report or something around those lines.
Bibliography:
1) Buck, William (1976). Ramayana: King Rama's Way.
2) Narayan, R. K. (1972) The Ramayana.
Styles:
Postscripts and Prequels
I really like this idea since I usually tend to write about things that aren't really mentioned in the actual story, so the idea of having a prequel to Indra's stories, showing what he was doing prior to the event or perhaps after it. Or maybe even both.
Courtroom Style
This is a style that really appealing to me especially because I can bring in other gods into my story as the judges and jury and so on in my courtroom but still have it seen from the perspective of Indra. This would be cool to do with the battle against Ravana that Indra had, but have it in a courtroom instead. Even the story of Gautama and Ahalya can be put in a courtroom setting. Either way, this idea is something I might actually pursue.
Twist the Ending
I always have these thoughts about how things would be with an alternate ending so this is also something I might do. I can have it to where the usual endings to Indra's story have a bit of plot twist, an example being that Ahalya actually ends up going with Indra rather than being turned into a rock after Gautama sees her.
News Reporting
What are the most fun news reports? The ones about scandals and war... of course, thats not actually good, but it would be fun to put Indra's stories into this format and have some of the other gods be the ones who are reporting the story and then maybe have Indra interviewed in the news report or something around those lines.
Interesting depiction of Indra
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