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"Amber get it together, looked enthused, and suck it in. You're about to marry the love of your life. He's a great man. Don't ruin it for us like you did the last time.  I don't need another lawsuit and a front page spread in the newspaper," said Amber's father as they stood arm in arm soon to head down the aisle. My shiny sea foam colored eyes were filled with animosity and guilt all while this morning's breakfast violently churned in my gut alongside the feeling of anxiety and apprehension. "Why do I feel like what I am doing is so wrong? This just doesn't feel right, but I will make it right for my parents.," Amber thought. I picked up my cobalt blue stilettos in sync with Hear Comes the Bride  and trudged down the aisle. I could feel my fathers excitement from the pep in his step to finally gain a son-in law after having lost two potential candidates. The faster he walked to the front, the heavier my feet became, weighing me do

Bhima fighting the Rakshasa, Hidimba. Image Source Part B of the Public Domain Edition of Mahabharata  is more thrilling and fast paced. It contains more episodes of violence and revenge. The latter chapters initiate a cycle of revenge and war. The amount of jealousy and betrayal among kinsmen and enemies increases. I do find that this part of the story is easier to read; however, there still remained times when several new characters were introduced that it left me wondering about what happened to the characters that were introduced first. Bhima and Hidimbi and was one of my favorite stories as it reminded me of one of my favorite middle school romantic fantasy series, The Twilight Saga. Bhima and Hidimbi met by unfortunate circumstances. Bhima was trying save the rakshasi, Hidimbi from being dismembered by her brother. Similarly, in Twilight novel, a regular human being, Bella is saved by a modernized rakshasha, vampire, Edward, from being crushed by a van. From that point the

Mahabharata  Part A was really detailed and upheld a quickly developing plot. Almost every "chapter" introduced a new character that somehow circumvented back to previously mentioned characters. Each character's vows and hardships became increasingly complicated. One of the running theme that I noticed was that men always yearned for children; however, it remained inevitable that there was a cost behind being able to conceive. Following conception of a child, the family would either fall apart or the child would die. If the child did live, they were displayed and treated as a prized possession or cursed. There was a lot of "an eye for an eye" requests and activites being carried out. Surya. Wikimedia Commons I noticed that several of the stories in this part of the Mahabharata had several biblical influences that I am aiming to utilize in my own story post. One of the most distinct biblical moments I captured were in the chapter, Kunti and Her Son. Kunti c