Storybook: Story Styles

Hanuman Storybook: Story Styles

Topic: I have decided that my story book will focus on Hanuman, the monkey god. For my story book, I want to highlight many different stories that pertain to Hanuman. I found a few stories already, that I definitely want to expand on. This one story about how Hanuman got his name is very interesting. I also want to incorporate the different stories of why Hanuman was a monkey. The Mystery of Hanuman website went into detail about different stories about Hanuman's origin. And obviously, I will add Hanuman's stories as told in the Ramayana. 

(Hanuman and the Sun. Source: Wikipedia)

Bibliography: 

1. Mythological Story: Hanuman, author unknown.

2. The Mystery of Hanuman, by Nitin Kuman (2004).

3. PDE: Ramayna, by various authors. 

Story Styles:

Bedtime Story. I think making my Hanuman storybook into a children's bedtime storybook would be easy and fun. I could have little installments each week where I write a bedtime story based on a specific story about Hanuman's life. By writing in a bedtime story style, I can twist aspects of Hanuman's stories into more exciting or animated ordeals, something that a kid would like to hear before bed. 

Immortals Among Us. This would be an interesting way to incorporate Hanuman's story into my storybook. If I were to use this style, I would first talk about how Hanuman is alive and present in Norman, Oklahoma in 2016. Hanuman would go around and meet various people and explain his story and how he's still present today. It would be a fun challenge to write Hanuman into the 21st century. 

Breaking News. Obviously this style would be fun to write and read. Hanuman has a lot of crazy stories about antics he got himself into. I can just picture my storybook looking like an online news website, headlining crazy stories about Hanuman. This would be an easy way to include many different stories about Hanuman. I could make it weekly installments about Hanuman on a news site. Storytelling at Hogwarts. I would love to be able to tell Hanuman's stories through the viewpoint of the Patil sisters from Hogwarts. I love Harry Potter and I love Hanuman's stories so this would be fun for me. I did one of my weekly stories in this style already and I got a lot of positive feedback. I could even act like Indian Epics is a course at Hogwarts and the professor is teaching the students about Hanuman for a week. I could even make up spells that relate to Hanuman and his stories.