Reading Diary A: Sita is abducted

First off, I am really enjoying this story way more than I expected!

The thing I want to focus on the most is that Ravana abducts Sita. Not cool but like any love/action movie/book, the bad guy always takes the good persons love interest. Which is kind of expected. I also noticed the classic plot twist of the love interest sending their friend/companion to go look for help or in this case to go help Rama who was calling for help. Then the love interest finds them-self right where the bad guy is.  I liked that unlike modern day stories Sita actually told Ravana to go away, which of course he didn’t. In todays modern stories the girl is normally small and too scared to buck up to the bad guy. In the end Ravana abducts her just like he planned too.

(Screen Shot: Sita drops her jewelry)

 I appreciated that someone besides Rama tried to fight for Sita, which was a plot twist I wasn’t expecting. I figured Rama would have to do all the work. To bad he wasn’t able to save Sita, but Jatayu tried. I think my favorite part was Rama and Lakshmana meeting Hanuman. Maybe because I did research on Hanuman for my storybook?  The detail that Sita dropped her jewelry as she was carried off was interesting as well! It was like the breadcrumb incident in Hansel and Gretel. Other things that happened are Sugriva agrees to help Rama find Sita and search parties are sent out.