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Indian Epics - Storybook Analysis
The Good Demon - Ghatotkacha
The topic of this storybook is something that is completely new to me, as most of them are because I am not familiar with any Indian stories. I think the title does give you a good idea about what the story is about, a "Good Demon". They also do a very good job of explaining the topic, by having Krishna be the narrator and telling it like a memory, with short quips about future events, it makes the topic very interesting and I definitely wanted to read more. Again, the tactic of narrating through another character in the story allows the author to give all the information about Ghatotkacha without making it seem like an essay. As far as the design, I think it was laid out very well with a lot of good photos and videos. One idea I might want to use for my storybook is including videos in the story if I am able to find videos that go with the story I end up picking.
Goddess of Contagion
This was one of my favorite storybooks on the list, and it was so well written I forgot I was reading a class assignment and was kind of disappointed when it ended after only three goddesses. I have never heard of these goddesses before, and I think the title did well at showing what the story was going to be about, the Goddess of Contagion. I think the author chose to turn this into a story and having a human meeting each of the Goddesses of Contagion was a good idea. Each goddess was able to introduce themselves and what their powers were without it just seeming like a bullet point list about them. It was extremely well written as well. I liked the design on the page, but my favorite design aspect was that they had a link to a YouTube video to play in the background so had emotion to the story, which it was very successful at. Depending on how I write my story, I might use the same idea, because it definitely added to the experience of reading their story.
A painting of Sheetala, one of the goddess mentioned in the story, painted by an unknown painter.
Super Ramayana Brothers
I am not familiar with the topic of this story, and I do not think the title does the best job of telling what the story is going to be about. I really liked how they incorporated Super Mario Bros, but the way they told the story made it hard to connect it with an Indian god. Actually, after reading, besides knowing the name of some characters, I don't really know anything about who they are or how they fit with Indian mythology. I did want to include it as my favorite though just because I thought some of the story elements they used, which they explained in the authors notes at the end of each chapter, were very cool and it was funny how they modified them to fit into the Mario Bros universe. I think the images and chapter names in the story were interesting as well and were good design elements to add to the story.
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