Week 7 tech tip: Canvas Mobile App

Last semester, I didn't have canvas, so this semester has been an experience for me. One thing I didn't like about D2L was that the mobile site had a very basic and was hard to use. I am very thankful for Canvas because not only does it have an actual mobile app, the design and layout is very satisfying to me. You can do everything on the app that you can do on the actual website, which is awesome. I've only been using it for half of a semester now, but so far, so good. I am willing to bet that the app actually increases the overall grades for students, as it's easier for them to check on their grades. I hope the Canvas Mobile App only continues to get better.

Week 7 Story: King Shantanu's Downfall

King Shantanu and Ganga. Link

And just like that, she was gone. The short period of time they had together was over. What was supposed to last an eternity, didn't. King Shantanu sat in a room all alone.

"Did Ganga ever even love me?" He muttered to himself. "I mean, how could she? I'm a king, but what else am I? No wonder she left me."

King Shantanu had never experienced this before, Even knowing her true intentions, he didn't want to accept who she really was, or her true purpose on this Earth. Ganga was his first wife. His first true love. He did everything he could to make her happy. He didn't even say anything after she cast many of the children into the Ganges river.

It had been days now. King Shantanu remained alone in a dark room, barely eating and talking to no one.

"I don't care anymore." King Shantanu said to himself. "All of the power, the fame, it doesn't matter anymore. What is wrong with me? I just don't understand. I was nothing but good to my wife. She was the greatest thing to ever happen to me. Now, without her, I am nothing. I am a worthless king. Take my Kingdom, Gods! Take it all! I don't deserve it anymore. Look at me, I'm a pathetic excuse for a king. How am I fit run a kingdom? I just want to end it."

The aids of King Shantanu were getting extremely worried. They had barely seen him over the course of the last week. One of them decided to finally confront the situation head on.

"I'm going to go in there and try to motivate him. We need a leader right now. He can't lead us if he's just sitting in a room depressed." One of the aids says.
"Are you sure? Maybe it would be best to not intervene and let him handle this on his own. He's pretty fragile right now." The other aid ignored him and went to the King's room,

"King Shantanu? I wish to speak with you." The aid says as he arrives at the locked door of them room.

"Go away!" The king says. I wish to be alone and not speak with anyone.

The aid says to the King, "King Shantanu, I know how much Ganga meant to you, but maybe this was for the best. Because of your brave actions, you now have a son that you will love until your dying days. Ganga may have left, but she provided you with a son that you now you are able to give all of your love to. The aid then left.

King Shantanu began thinking to himself. "Maybe he is right. My son means the world to me. Why am I wasting time in this room alone and moping when I have a son to care for and raise?"

King Shantanu wiped the tears from his face, stood up, and opened his door.

Bibliography: Mahabharata Online: Public Domain Edition

Author's Note: One of the major things that stuck out to me from the Mahabharata  that I thought I could make a story on was the feelings that King Shantanu must have felt after his first wife left him. In a way, this story could be a filler for the Mahabharata, but some details may be too different to allow my story to exactly fit into the Mahabharata.

Week 7 Reading- Mahabharata Online: Public Domain Edition Part C

The idea of exile, like shown here with Pandavas draws a close comparison to the ramayana, which gets me thinking that maybe this is common in many indian epics.

The term "god" was used so loosely amongst peope that I kind of like it.

Another comparison to the Ramayana is cool to me because it now makes it even easier to read and follow along.

A battle for respect, and nothing more, isn't as common in these stories like it is in our stories nowadays.

Most important characters have a item or specific characteristic about them. I like this concept because it makes it easier to know them.

A disguise, like seen in many stories is something I could incorporate in my stories.

The urging of someone to fight, causing motivation is a cool concept that I could definitely use.

Making the appeals to Karna would be something very intriguing, as the unknown becoming known would seem almost to insane to comprehend.

The idea that family ties run so deep, is something I could use.

When a character warns of doom, it is almost always a foreshadowing of what is going to happen.


Bibliography: Mahabharata Online: Public Domain Edition


(from life in the forest. Draupadi and the Pandavas in the forest.)