Showing posts with label Week 11. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Week 11. Show all posts

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Week 11 Storytelling: Blind Mickey and Minnie

Here we go with another bedtime story of three sisters: Mary, Ally and Sarah. Mary said while preparing herself for the bedtime story, “Okay sisters get your things together. I am about to start our bedtime story and yes, this time it will be fast and quick.”
Ally continued, “So, that means the story will not be fun and exciting as before.”
Mary said, “NO, it means you both have to listen to the story without interrupting me, so it will be fast.
As always we will have Mickey and Minnie as our main characters and our story will proceed from there.”
Once upon a time there was a king named Mickey. Who was blind from the day he was born. Mickey’s parents were very worried for his life. They thought he would never be able to get married and have a nice life partner. Mickey, on the other hand, never let himself down. He believed that one day he will get a life partner, who will be familiar with his pure heart inside.
On one random day, Mickey’s father invited his old friends along with their families just for a reunion of friends. Along with those families came a girl, who was not very pretty, but an average girl. However, she seemed really attractive to Mickey’s mother and then she decided to make her Mickey’s wife. Mickey and Minnie’s parents gathered and planned their wedding without informing either of them.
As the wedding days were coming closer, Mickey’s mother decided to tell Mickey.
She said, “Mickey, it is time for you to get married.”
Mickey said, “Mother, no girl would like to marry someone who is blind. A husband who would never be able to praise his wife’s beauty.”
The mother said, “Oh no my child, you are not blind from heart.”
Mickey agreed.
The day of the wedding, when Minnie was getting ready, her sister came in and said, “Minnie, there is no point of showing your beauty.”
Minnie very surprisingly asked, “What do you mean? Is everything okay? Is Mickey alright?”
Sister replied, “Yes, everything is okay, but there is one hidden truth about your husband.”

Minnie said, “What? Tell me right now. I want to know it. Is about my entire life.”
Sister said, “Yes, I know. That is why I came to tell you now. Mickey cannot see anything. He is blind.”

Minnie calmly said, “Sister, I order you to cover my eyes with a cloth. I want to be like my husband.”
And there ends the story of Mickey and Minnie. They accept each other as they were and lived happily.

Mickey and Minnie with no eyes

Author's Note: For this retelling story, I made the story completely different, but the main point was same. In the original Mahabharata, Dhritarashtra was blind, which was played by Mickey in my retell story and Gandhari's character was played by Gandhari.


Bibliography: "Public Domain Edition of the Mahabharata.by Brook.Website: Image library for MLLL-4993, Epics of Ancient India

Week 11 Reading Diary continued: Mahabharata film part B

Title: Mahabharata
Author: Peter Brook
Link: http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2014/06/film-brook-mahabharata.html


For this week's diary reading, I watched the next part of the Mahabharata. I enjoyed watching the film because you get to visualize the character, which helps in getting to know their characters better internally and externally. The main point is that the author does not have to be really descriptive in telling the audience about their emotions. Face expression are enough for audience to understand. The part I really enjoyed was when they were having fight.

Mahabharata film

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Week 11 Reading Diary: Mahabharata film part A

Title: Mahabharata
Author: Peter Brook
Link: http://iereadingguides.blogspot.com/2014/06/film-brook-mahabharata.html


For this week's dairy reading, I watched Mahabharata film by Peter Brooks. I enjoyed the film so far. Since we read Mahabharata before watching the film, the film is not that much exciting when it comes to the story itself. Now visualizing Mahabharata and the story seemed different and in fact with better understanding.I think we attach ourselves more when watching something compare to reading it. For instance, when watching the film I felt really bad for Gandhari who marries Dhritarashtra, who is blind. When reading through the Mahabharata, my feelings did not attach that much for Gandhari, but watching it seemed different. Overall, it was a nice film and I enjoyed it.

Dhritarashtra and Gandhari.