In this part of the reading, I found one small excerpt that
I think would be great for a story writing assignment. At one point during the
fighting, Karna’s wheel of the chariot becomes stuck in the mud. On top of
that, Karna forgets the mantra that he needs to use the weapon during the
fight. Later, it is revealed that this forgetting of the mantra at a crucial
time is the result of a curse placed on Karna. He was cursed for deceiving
Parashurama.
As always
with my stories, I like to change the characters and write a similar story with
similar plot elements. For this story, I could start with a character doing
something to deceive someone. This would later come back to haunt them at a
crucial moment. The moral of the story would be not to deceive others, as was
the moral in my story of the bird dog and the eagle.
Perhaps
this story could be written about a feud between two brothers. The older
brother is always trying to play pranks and trick the younger brother. He has
caused many embarrassing moments for him, but the younger brother vows to get
his revenge on his older sibling. The younger brother knows that his older
sibling is the best player on his school’s baseball team. To get him back in a
crucial moment, the younger brother slips into the dugout and replaces his bat
covered with pine tar. The replacement bat is, instead, covered with a slick
grease. At the biggest point of the game, with runners on base and the tying
run at third, the brother tries to swing his bat and loses his grip. He strikes
out and embarrasses himself at the most crucial moment of the game. This could
be a play on the similar plot elements presented in this section of the
reading.
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