Reading Notes: Narayan's Ramayana Part C
Narayan's Ramayana Part C
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| Rama and Sugreeva Source: Google Image |
Structure & Characters
I really like the structure of this novel after Sita is taken. It reminds me a lot of The Wizard of Oz. Rama is on a mission to find his wife and is using clues in order to track her down. Along the way, he is meeting new characters that each have their own story and their own clue for Rama that will lead him one step closer to finding Sita. For instance, Sugreeva was hesitant of Rama until Rama proved he was no ordinary human. After Sugreeva realized how powerful Rama was, he told Rama of his story and the audience fell in love with yet another character. After he is done telling his story, he lets Rama know he did see a woman who looked like Sita's description drop a bundle of jewelry. At the sight of Rama's grief, Sugreeva and Hanuman agree to join the fight to get Sita back and have dedicated their lives to the task. There are now two additional characters to the journey of saving Sita.
When I write my next story, I might include this type of structure. It makes it extremely easy to add new characters as I please and smoothly integrate them into the group of protagonists. Although this will require a goal for my protagonist to like trying to save Sita. The goal I come up with will have to cause my characters to go on a journey that will allow them to meet new people along the way. As you can see, this is very similar to many stories structures such as The Wizard of Oz. In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy was on a mission to get to Emerald City, and along the way, she met a few new characters who were not only eager to help her with her mission, but had a mission of their own. In my last story, I rewrote the scene where Sita gets taken away by Ravana and instead, I had Rama be the one missing. Maybe I can continue this reverse character theme that allows me to follow the same structure as the one mention, but still keep my strongest protagonist a female.
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