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Week 9 Story Gambling for Love

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Dana was a beautiful girl, although she had not always been this way. She grew up in a small town in Montana and never saw herself as pretty. She worked as a waitress five nights a week and took college classes during the day. One day a man she had never seen before entered the diner, his name was Andy. She took his order and giggled flirtatiously. She had never gotten the butterflies over a stranger before. That summer they had a whirlwind romance. "Dana, I don't know how to say this but now that the summer is ending I won't be in Montana much longer", said Andy. Dana looked at him longingly as tears began to form in the corners of her eyes. He did not want to disappoint her, and without thinking shouted " I want you to come with me!" Fast forward to today Dana is a married woman. She isn't married to Andy as one would think, but his older brother Yani. She had packed up to move to Vegas with Andy the man she loved. However as they settled in Yani t...

Week 9 Notes Mahabharata

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A conflict over land and who is in charge leads to war. Drona even tries to stop the war but even with great efforts he fails. Many people in the war were family members and did not want to fight. Drona had trained Arunja and did not want to be against him in battle. The battles begin. Arunja did not want the war but as it began he became even more hesitant to be on the opposite side of his own family members and his trainer Drona. He is forced to fight and his life is spared. Bhishima is killed by arrows when he refuses to fight a warrior that was born a woman. He had been successful in previous battles but dies when he lays down his weapon. Before his death he wishes for peace but that does not happen. Drupadi kills Drona after the death of the elephant and Karna takes over as the leader. Two battles between Karna and Arunja result in  a draw as they are equal competitors. On the final battle Arunja kills Karna with a single arrow in a field. Another commander is put into place a...

Week 9 Notes More Mahabharata

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Cattle Raid Source:  iereadingguides Drona trains all of the princes in the art of war. As they battle he puts a stop to it when two of the cousins become too intense. When a strange warrior challenges one of the brothers and wins so he is crowned king. He is really the son of a charioteer with humble beginnings. There is a contest that the princess of drupadi wants to Arunja to enter because of his talents. Although the mysterious warrior wins again she does not want to marry a man of humble beginnings. A hermit then does the same feat and is chosen as the winner. He goes home with the princess but his mother declares he must give her to his eldest brother. The kingdom is then split between the two royal families. The eldest brother then loses his wife in a game of dice. The winner banishes her to the forest. When she refuses to go she is dragged by her hair to the councils chambers. She agrees to go the forest in exile and remains for 12 years and the last year must be disg...