Ravana approaches Sita as an old hermit and she is receptive
at first. She later tells him to go away, and he lifts the ground Sita is
standing on and flies away with her. Ravana kills Jatayu who tried to save
Sita. Rama finds him dying, but he cannot tell which way Ravana went. Rama then
decides to head south to the monkey kingdom. Hanuman sees them and tries to go
undercover as a scholar, but Rama is not fooled. The story of Vali is then
told. Vali churned nectar from the ocean and the gods gave him fighting powers
as a result. A demon challenged Vali, and Vali chased him off. Vali did not come
out of the cave, so Sugriva decided to block the cave off to trap the demon.
When Vali emerged, he was extremely angry and beat Sugriva and took his wife. Rama
had sympathy for Sugriva, and Hanuman thinks he could destroy Vali. Later, Sita’s
jewelry is found by one of the monkeys and Sugriva decides to help Rama find
her. Sugriva fights Vali and Rama helps by killing him with an arrow. Vali
later dies and Sugriva becomes king. Rama is in the forest for the rainy
season. Later, Rama has to remind Sugriva of his promise to help them in the
forest. Sugriva later gathers a big army to help Rama. Towards the end of this
section, Sampathi. Sampathi tells them that Ravana was seen taking Sita to
Lanka. Hunuman grows enormous to step across the ocean to Lanka.
One area of
this story that I found interesting, and that would create a good story
opportunity, is the story of Vali. I could change the storyline and characters
of Vali being mistakenly trapped in the cave by Sugriva. I like to take themes
and morals and craft a separate story. To me, the moral seems to be do not be
angry when people try to help and they actually end up doing the opposite.
Bibliography: Narayan's Ramayana Section C
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