How many character are there?
I chose to read the book option for The Mahabharata by R.K. Narayan. Like The Ramayana, The Mahabharata also has a list of all of the different characters that
will be used in the book. Just from looking at all of the different names and
then the generation tree I knew this family was going to be a confusing one. The
Kurus family seems to be in a soap opera in the first pages of the book.
Someone is dying so to save the family name a wife must sleep with another
family member. I think just the beginning part of the story trying to explain
the craziness in the family could be made into multiple stories. Another thought
that came to mind for a story was when Karna interrupted the exhibitions for
his brothers. The book makes it seem that Karna does not know that he is related
to the Pandavas brothers but his mother Kunthi knows it is her son. There could
be a storyline where his adopted parents tell Karna that they found him in the
river and do not know who his parents our. Karna would then learn though his
father who is mother is and where she can be found. Maybe Karna is mad at the
Pandavas bothers because their mothers kept them to raise but not him. A third story
that came to mind was writing about the taunting and teasing the rakshasa Baka
had to endure from Bhima before he was killed. The story would be an inner monologue
of how enraged Baka gets with Bhima but then begins to realize that he is about
to lose his life to him.
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Image: Indian Soap Opera Meme. Source: quick meme
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