Week 9 Planning: My Time in Hell

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The story is written as though the Pandavas were heroes. The Pandavas and Kauravas were cousins, descendants of the Bharatas.  

Plot: 
  • The Pandavas escape their castle which Duryohana tries to burn down. 
  • The Pandavas lived in the forest fighting monsters and all five brothers marrying Draupadi along the way
  • After winning the wife, the Kauravas know the Pandavas are alive. A nymph builds the Pandavas a kingdom and Yudhishthira declares himself king after defeating a ruler named Jarasandha. 
  • Duryodhana is jealous and challenges Yudhishthira to a gambling match. Yudhishthira loses, and the brothers must go into exile. 
  • After the exile, the Pandavas and Kauravas fight a final battle and the Kauravas win. 
  • The brothers build their own kingdom and Yudhishthira rules the kingdom, but problems arise. 
  • After all of the brothers have died, Yudhishthira walks alone with his dog when Indra comes up to him for him to go to heaven but he refuses without his dog. 
  • He's then in heaven but doesn't realize his brothers are there and so he enters hell to stay with them, but it's a test so they all go to heaven. 
Notes regarding Yudhishthira:
  • For my story next week, I will likely write about Yudhishthira. His leadership in all of the kingdoms is very interesting to me because I never saw any other brothers try to get in his way. Yudhishthira was expected to lead. I will probably write while Yudhishthira is in hell with his brothers. I want to write about how he feels while he is in hell reflecting on his life and where he and his brothers could have gone wrong.
    • According to the Wikipedia article Yudhishthira, Yudhishthira is the eldest son of Kunti and Pandu after Pandu was cursed by a Brahmin he accidentally killed. Yudhishthira was raised to be a master charioteer.
    • One of the first instances of Yudhishthiras high principles is the Yaksha Prashna. The Yaksha Prashna is a story of the Pandava brothers approaching a lake. In the lake, there is a  Yaksha. The four younger brothers ignore the Yaksha, drink the water, and die. Yudhishthira answers the Yakshas questions and dies. 
  • These are just a few examples of what I'll do as I'm writing about Yudhishthira reflecting during his time in hell. 
Biblography: 

Author: C.A. Kincaid
Title: The Indian Heroes
Source: Blogspot


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