Once again we see the story of the golden deer and Buck's take on the story. I really liked his in depth description of the form that Maricha took and the beauty he portrayed. For being so wise and powerful Rama really needs to learn to listen to Lakshamana and not be driven constantly by his heart. If he had Sita would not have been taken by Ravana.
In Buck's version I really enjoyed the story of Hanuman and how it was that he came about all of his powers. As with the last story, Vali is portrayed to be quite the pompous monkey and doesn't take kindly to the thoughts of others. However, unlike the previous version read, in Buck's story Rama and Vali don't have the drawn out conversation about Vali's death. In Buck's story Vali realizes from the beginning that Rama has given him true salvation and that by living his life in anger he has brought about his own death. Sugriva and Hanuman will help Rama after the rainy season comes.
The rainy season sequence way way too in depth for my liking. I usually appreciate the details used in Buck's version but 5 pages describing rain and its passing was too much. I did however like the description provided of the various monkey clans that arrived to help in Rama's quest; this just better helped to layout the foundation of the story. This version also goes very in depth as Sugriva tells the generals where to search in the 4 cardinal directions. The most important however is South which is the direction of Lanka and where Sita most likely is.
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