Good evening mates!
So tomorrow is designated for class presentations, I looked
over the stories once again, and I can’t wait for one in particular, “Kali
Beheaded.” There are of course the other
stories, context and interpretations I look forward to, but this story in
particular fascinates me, particularly the ending. In the last few lines the story seems to wind
down in that the morality behind it suggests that all people of every background
have similar struggles. Each person is
good and bad and subject to the same passions, decisions and trials that make
us human to begin with, and everyone is subject suffrage of the very mistakes
we make based on our decisions. But even
though the ending seems to wind down to end with this moral story, it seems to
hang on the very ending and leaves it open to interpretation. Stories of this nature may be powerful and
impacting and may be meant to continue thought after the initial read, but I
really wanted to have some finality from this story. I hope that tomorrow’s focus on the reading will
help and illuminate some understanding and finality, particularly since I feel
for Kali as a victim of circumstance as opposed to suffering form her decisions. I wonder if there are any ties to be made to
Jesus Christ or Christianity. Or again
perhaps I am stretching the interpretations made; or rather making too many
connections that may not necessarily have foundation. I look forward to tomorrow.
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