Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Divakaruni: Palace of Illusions, Part A

Ch. 1 Fire:
Confined.
Always loved the story of her birth. Favorite, made her feel special.
Daughter of king Rupert
Fancy names for her because of her importance.
Held to a higher standard because a princess.
Brave for 30 days for the fire ceremony, priests, king, and ministers.
 Flattened rice for food. King only drank water.
The 30th day – fish curry finally.
Everyone was scared that the fire ceremony wouldn’t work right and them not praying hard enough would get blamed.
Everyone held their breath when the king poured the stuff on the fire.
Then the smoke rose spiraled with voices “here is the son you asked for”
Then her brother stepped from the fire.
What did he look like? True prince, noble and gold, even his clothes were gold. Not older than 5 yr old.
She worried if he could win the battle.
Even before the clapping finished you walked out coughing and reaching for help.
“Behold we give you this girl. A gift beyond what you asked for she will change the course of history.”
King gave both of them love and then they went to feast.
Boy name: Destroyer of enemy’s, Girls name: daughter of Rupert.
She wanted/needed a new more important name.
She questions what really happened when she stepped form the fire.
She is a bit sad that she recognized the king (her father) only planned on raising her brother.
The kids clung together so he had to pick them both up even though he had hesitation.
He provided everything a princess would need.
She couldn’t forgive him for that first moment. She also lacked trust.
She took it out on his palace. Describes the palace that she hated.
No trees or flowers that she noticed.
He removed everything he didn’t like.
She would close her eyes and imagine colors and pretty items.
Unbearable if she didn’t have her brother. He refused to abandon her.
Shielded each other from bad things.
She wrote letters to her brother in her head.



1 comment:

  1. I like how you take your notes in spurts. You don't have everything organized and thought out. I believe thats the purpose of the reading notes. Just to write down ideas. and questions you come up with through out the story. I am glad to see that I am not the only one who writes my notes like these. Maybe just adding how you could write the story could help you on writing stories on Wednesdays.

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