Week 9 Story: Brothers Karamazov and Pandava Brothers

Once recalling how Fyodor would capture Patrick and make him his slave, Dmitri finally got to fight one-on-one with his father. Fyodor slapped his thigh in mockery of Patrick's beauty. 

"He is just a tease. I can easily buy him with my 3000 crabby patties, Patrick is nothing but a fat whore for food." said Fyodor as he proceeded to laugh and slapped his thigh.

"I will make you eat your words you sensual old man. I will kill you and beat that very thigh you slapped!" replied Dmitri

After a few months, Patrick has run off and neither Dmitri nor Fyodor seem to know where he is. Smeardykov, the sickly old servant runs and shares news with Dmitri. 

"I just learned from your brother, Ivan that all is permitted. Fyodor has shared with me a secret knock that only Patrick knows. If you knock twice slowly, and three times quickly, that is a sure sign that he is here." 

"Why do you tell me this, Smeardykov?" questioned Dmitri.

"I have no agenda. All I know is if all is permitted then secrets are permitted to be told."

"Thank you Smeardykov. Now get out of my face you scoundrel!" yelled Dmitri as Smeardykov limped away.

Dmitri runs up to his father's house and does the secret knock. Fyodor rushes out to great Patrick, only to find that Patrick is not there. As he runs around looking, for him, Smeardykov shows up and trips him with a brass pestle. As Fyodor falls to the ground, in horror, Smeardykov proceeds to pounce Fyodor in thigh. 

"ALL IS PERMITTED. ALL IS PERMITTED." yelled Smeardykov as he beat Fyodor's thigh to a pulp. 

“What are you DOING?” cried Dmitri as he sees his father’s blood streaming on the snow.

“All is permitted.” replied Smeardykov as breaks out into a non-stop seizure and dies.

Dmitri takes the crabby patties and runs to find Patrick.

source here is an image of patrick being a Crabby Patty whore

Authors Notes:

This week we finished reading Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I really like how in the book, Smeardykov ends up beating Fydor to a pulp and thought that it would tie in really well with the Mahabharata. I took the scene where Duradhana slaps his thigh in contempt as the Pandavas were being exiled, and Bhima promised to come back and beat the very thigh that he slapped. Since I found Fyodor to be an equally sensual and unlikable character as Duradhana, I had him get beat on the thigh to death just as Smeardykov beat him.

The theme that "all is permitted" is something that Ivan, one of the Karamazov brothers, shared with Smeardykov. Smeardykov is a sickly and illegitimate child of Fyodor and I used Ivan ideas to transition his justification for killing.

Lastly, I replaced Grushenka with Patrick and turned the 3000 roubles that Fyodor had to crabby patties. I thought this would apply a great shock affect to the readers.

Reading The Mahabharata Part B

This time i chose to read the beginning of the Mahabharata and I really enjoyed learning about the birth of Vidura, Dhasaratha, and Bhisma. All of those characters were particularly different in the Mahabharata by R.K. Narayan, but in Dharma's rendition of the story he once again really seems to bring the characters to life. Vidura and Dhasaratha all seem to have specific qualities and personalities that hark at my emotions when I think about how they all ended up toward the end of the novel. Also, the description of Bhisma and his greatness really brought to life the material and makes it seem exciting.

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here is an image of Vidura giving advice to Dhasaratha. I think it really portrays the qualities of the wise Vidura and the strong Dhasaratha.

Bibliography:

Krishna Dharma - The Mahabharata

http://www.vedabase.com/en/mbk/1/1

Week 9 Reading Part A

This week, I read Krishna Dharma's version of the Mahabharata. Once again, unlike Narayan, Dharma's version of the indian epics seem very emotional and character driven. All of the characters seem to have a personality and the novel seems a lot more rich in detail. One aspect of Dharma's storytelling that I appreciate is how relateable every single character is to even a western audience. For example, when Yudihistera bows at Vidura's feet before the dice game, the reader can feel exactly the dread that is wearing down Yudihistera's heart. Such emotion to specific characters I feel bring the novels to life and make it a lot more enjoyable to read despite it being a bit longer to read.


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Here is an image of the dice game that was played. The image captures how it feels to be tricked.

Bibliography:
Krishna Dharma - the Mahabharata