Week 13, Reading Feedback

I think the main reason I chose the readings that I did this week is because they were free and I would not be going to campus in time to read the comics that I originally wanted to read.  I actually did like the readings that I chose because I don't remember having seen the Neogi selection when I went through to make my reading guide in week 8.  

I think what is continuing to make the biggest impression on me is the focus of women on being a good wife.  Like Savitri actually is worshiped for being such a good wife that she would follow her husband into death.  I think the implication here is that there is no life after your husband dies, as if your husband is your only life and without him or children, then there is nothing for you.  I think that's crazy!

This reading did not come with a reading guide, but it didn't really need it. The readings were fairly short and easy to read.  I spent about four hours on the reading this time because I actually had the time. I read the online version of a print book which I tend to like better because the print is easy to read, you can zoom in and out, and the screen isn't quite so bright because it's paper color.  

Dr. Evil :)

Week 10, Reading Feedback

Okay so this week I chose Sister Nivedita's stories about Shiva from her books "Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists" and "Cradle Tales".  Out of these I actually only read a partial part of the first one and all of the second book.  I felt really intimidated by the amount of stories in the "Myths" book which is why I didn't read it as well, I felt like it was hard to get it in all in one day.

One thing I noticed was that in the story "Tiger-footed" the characters name was never mentioned, neither was the real name of the place where he sought worship to Shiva, I think these are important so I actually looked it up and ended up doing my storytelling piece on it.

I think one of the biggest problems I had with these readings was the format, I have sort of bad eyes and it was hard to read in the format of a book that's online.  I end up having to zoom way in and then it's not like flipping through an actual book, and you never know how long a story is unless you just click through to the end first.  I like knowing how many pages I'm going to read.  I like the format of Project Gutenberg the best.

tiger