Kashika's Work

The book, Buddhism: Path To Nirvana by K. N. Upadhyaya, is a biographical nonfiction book about Prince Siddhartha Gautama who later came to be known as the Buddha. Siddhartha’s life was filled with many big events which influenced his life. One big event occurred when he went to the marketplace. His father had forbidden him from going there, because Siddhartha’s father had placed all of the sickly, dying, and crippled people there. He had done that so as not to distress the prince. Siddhartha’s horoscope was read when he was born, and it had said to keep him away from distress and sorrow, or else he will become a sanyasi , or ascetic. Despite it being a good thing, Siddhartha’s father did not want his son to become an ascetic. he wanted his son to become a great leader. But when Siddhartha broke his father’s rules and went to the marketplace, he was greatly affected by the sorrow. Never in his life had he seen crippled, sickly, or dying people. Feeling depressed, Siddhartha tried to f...

Title: Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales Author: The Brothers Grimm Publisher: Canterbury Classics Date of Publication: 2011 Genre: Fairy Tale 1. Culture: Rumpelstiltskin originates in Germany. Rumpelstiltskin is a mysterious, magical little man, who helps a young daughter of a miller spin straw into gold when she is forced to by a King. Many German fairy tales and folk tales often include a supernatural being doing mystical things. 2. Summary: Once there was a poor miller who happened to be speaking to the king. In order to make himself appear important, the miller bragged to the king that he had a daughter who could spin straw into gold. Astonished by this mystical ability, he ordered the miller to bring his daughter to the castle. His daughter was brought into a room full of straw and was to spin all of it into gold by dawn or die. Not knowing what to do, the poor girl started to weep. A midget appeared in the room. He told her that he could spin the straw into gold ...