I am most interested in the scene in which Nala kills
Prahasta—during the battle for Sita on the island of Lanka. This takes place on
page two hundred and forty-two in my book, which is pretty different from the
page numbers listed on the reading guide, so I thought it would be helpful to
write it down instead of having to track it down later. I like the scene
because the battle feels about even and I actually almost thought one of the “good
guys” was going to die, which is not a common theme! Luckily, rage took over
and fuelled Nala’s passion, which enabled him to successfully rise up and kill
Prahasta instead of himself being killed! The specifical wording used was
actually quite interesting: “and drove the life out from his [Prahasta’s] body.”
I just think that is such a dramatic, moving way to describe the killing of
someone. I would like to utilize such powerful wording in my own writing, when
appropriate of course. I also enjoyed the scene just before Prahasta goes into
battle. When he is offered a drink from Ravana, Prahasta drinks the entire
liquid gone and proceeds to eat the glass itself, along with some pepper seeds.
Even Ravana seems to be disturbed by this strange and interesting occurrence!
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