Reading Notes: Indian Story Book Part A

These are notes over the Indian Story Book by Richard Wilson. The Gentle Conquerer was a good story from this reading. Like most, it started with a king, in this case of the land of the Madras. The king longed for a child, who he named Savitri when she came. Then, it was time for her to find a husband (according the sexism that was prevalent I suppose). Before her father told her this, she had laid down some flowers at his feet, which I thought was clever symbolism. She was being deflowered. The princess chose a prince that was the son of a blind and banished king. Her family seems pretty alright with this condition of her choice, which seems out of character. I thought this was a good thing that they were accepting of the prince and thought that it was good to marry their daughter off to an underdog. Very accepting. However, they are less impressed with the fact that the prince is going to die off in a year. It seems like an important part of writing a good story is not getting too attached to the characters. You have to be unattached so that you can mess around with their lives and kill them off if you need to. I was honestly a little unimpressed with the ending. Everything ended up happily ever after with the prince surviving and his father returning to rule his kingdom. It would have been much more badass if the princess decided to save them both and reestablished the prince's kingdom.

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