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WELCOME BACK!

TESTING IS FINALLY OVER!


LET’S GET STARTED ON OUR HERO’S JOURNEY!

Nonsense question:
You’ve become famous! What is it that you are
famous for?
Class Announcements

EOM: (Maybe)
What to expect
At the end of this module, you will
be creating a PowerPoint of
your own
HERO’S JOURNEY
so be prepared for it!
•
Think outside the box and try
your best to answer the

Do question.

Now: •It belongs to you, but


Riddle Monday your friends and family
(1 min) use it more than you do.
What is it?
ANSWER

Your name!

Have you ever heard of the saying,


“There's heroes and there's legends; heroes get remembered, but legends never die” – Babe
Ruth
*Through storytelling, people (real or fake) can live forever just by saying their name!
Pretty cool, huh?
I LOVE BOOKS, but I hate reading them.
Books put me to sleep. I can't even read a comic book without getting distracted by
the cool artwork. As bad as I am about reading, I'm even worse with writing. Diving into the
I'm certain that, for most people, "Ramayana" (RHA-mah-YAH-nah) is just an
unpronounceable word. But for me, the Ramayana is part of my cultural identity,
story!
though until recently I wouldn't have been able to explain what it meant if someone
had asked. The world of the Ramayana was ingrained in me as a kid through the
details of living with Hindu parents. For instance, every time I sneezed, my mom or
We are going to
dad would say, "Sita Rama,"-I had no idea what the phrase meant. Just like I had no read the
idea why we had a framed illustration of a giant monkey carrying a mountain. Or why
my dad made me count mala beads while chanting Rama, Rama, Rama. Eventually, as introduction of
I started researching Hindu mythology for my first book, I began to scratch the the story in the
surface of the Ramayana. But the story didn't really come alive for me until I picked
up a book and read the entire saga. words of the
The more I began to understand the Ramayana, the more inspired I felt to carryon author to get a
the tradition of retelling the tale by creating an illustrated version. Since most people
aren't inclined to sit through a thousand-page-long adaptation, I relied on graphic
better
storytelling to capture attention and imagination. With this same spirit in mind, I understanding of
wrote a much shorter and surmised version of the mythology. So if you're familiar
with the Ramayana, chances are some anecdotes and details may be missing or
what this story is
reimagined in this version . My aim isn't to butcher this great mythology, but simply inspired by.
to share it with people in a casual and entertaining way. If I've done my job right, this
book will serve as a vivid introduction to a much fuller version of the story. At the
very least, it will help people understand why Hindus honor a blue warrior and a
Vocabulary Terms
Word * Meaning * Synonyms/Examples

divine Godly, godlike, all-powerful, very good

loophole an irregularity in the rules through which


one can escape consequences; going
around

epic 1. long poem following the deeds of a hero an epic poem


2. broad and heroic scale heroic
an epic battle

myth something widely believed to be true that


is not true
story, legend

sage a wise person Agastya is a sage.

avatar a god in human form Rama is an avatar of vishnu.


Character Names!
• Some of the names in this book may be hard to be pronounce so let’s
practice.
• Some pronunciations to help us in the story
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWMM5SB3CC0

Vishnu: Vish-new
Rama: Rah-ma
Bharata: Ba-ruh-tah
Lakshman: Lak-sh-man
Vishvamitra: Vish-va-mee-trah
Lakshmi: Lak-she-me
Sita- See-Tah
Exit Ticket

How do we know that


Ramayana: Divine Loophole
is a myth rather than another form
of literature?

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