Respond to this post with a paragraph about the Bridge to Lanka. Use the format we discussed in class to complete this assignment. We WILL review these in class on Tuesday.

After reading the story of Rama's building the Bridge to Lanka, the MOST important thing to know is: ________A_________. Knowing this, we come to realize: _______B________.

Complete each blank with a few sentences. A should be specific to the text, The Ramayana. B should be more generally about life and the hero journey. It's important that A and B be different. After completing this part, you should then explain W.I.T.T (why is this true?) in several separate sentences. These will be your reasons. If you struggle to write these, it's likely that your claim (A+B) isn't specific enough or is too superficial.

"Rama's next phase of the operation was to try and cross the seas. He stood on the shore of the ocean and the more he looked at it, the more desperate he felt as to how he was to cross it with his army. He prayed and fasted for seven days and summoned the sea god and ordered, 'Make way for my armies.'

The sea god said, 'I am as much subject to the laws of nature as other elements. What can I do?'

Whereupon Rama felt angry and threatened to shoot his arrows into the sea so that all the water might evaporate and facilitate his passage. The sea god implored him to desist and not to destroy the sea and its living creatures, and suggested, 'I will accept and put to the best use whatever is brought to me to bridge the sea.'

Rama's angry mood left him and he said, 'So be it.' Very soon his monkey army brought in mud, huge rocks, and even pieces of mountains; men, monkeys, and all animals helped in this task. It was said that even the little squirrel rolled along pebbles to fill up the sea, and a day came when there was a passage created by their combined efforts, and Rama's army marched across and landed on the soil of Lanka."