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The first collection that caught my eye, "Love on Trial," took a very interesting twist towards the end. Usually, I'm all for the romantic happily ever after story, but I actually liked how the writer decided to have this woman stand up for herself and refuse to take the treatment bestowed on her. Originally, I assumed by the title that this would have a romantic ending, but I was under the wrong assumption. This gave me the sense that I can create stories the way I want them. I thought the layout was easy to navigate and helpful in that aspect, which seems like a good thing in the long run as an aid for readers.
https://sites.google.com/site/ramavssita/home

Scrolling through the long list of names, Hogwarts caught my eye. By the name of "Hogwarts: The Loyalty of Brothers," I found a fantastic combination of Harry Potter with names I recognize as material that I should come across this semester. I thought it was very creative and loved the way the writer approached it. It most definitely sparked interest with me on how to incorporate the things I like and enjoy into my creative writing. This project had the best pictures, but that's probably because of how much of Harry Potter fan I am.
https://sites.google.com/view/katienichols/a-history-lesson

The last one to catch my attention, "Ramayana Poetry." Last semester I took a brave step and did a huge project in a class featuring thirty-five pages of poetry. I don't know that I have the courage to do that again, but I was interested in seeing how poetry could be incorporated into this project. The imagery in the poems is great, and I enjoyed just reading them. Even a sonnet was a part of the project, which felt very fitting. I'm not sure that I think the introduction fits. It does provide a set-up, but it left me wondering what it had to do with the rest of the project.
https://sites.google.com/site/ramayanapoetry/dashratha-sadness







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  1. Laura GibbsJanuary 8, 2019 at 12:36 PM

    I was so excited to see you did a poetry class, Aleshia! That is definitely something you can experiment with in this class too, just as a single story or maybe for a whole project. The epics were originally sung as songs (poetry), although the versions we are reading for class are in English prose. There are some translations in verse, though, that you can also do as reading for the class if you are curious. Here's a version of the Ramayana told as English epic verse by Romesh Dutt:
    Ramayana, The Epic of Rama, Prince of India, condensed into English verse. And we have a wonderful new verse translation of the Mahabharata by Carole Satyamurti in Bizzell for checkout: Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling. So keep that in mind: the more poetry, the better! :-)

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