Nectar in a Sieve

Kamala Markandaya, the author of the best seller Nectar in a Sieve, is an astonishing writer who grew up in an Indian society. Although she has written many other books the Nectar and Sieve is considered her best work. In the novel, Kamala shows you the world in a different point view, by putting you in other peoples shoes. Kamal covers many themes throughout the novel such as hope in the face of suffering.

I will be reading this novel for my English class, and i find the author very interesting. With the many aspects that they portray in the story i believe that this will be a very entertaining book to read. I have read numerous book, but i feel as though this book we will be quite different from the ones i usually read. I also feel as though i will be learning about many ideas and cultures of this book. i am itching to read this book and i cant wait to tell you all about it as i flip through the pages of The Nectar in a Sieve!

The Hero Named Heracles

A mythic hero is a fictitious character who contains good characteristics such as courage, or nobility. One Greek hero that portrays a mythic hero is known as Heracles. A mythic hero is often the offspring of a god, deity, and human being. Heracles is the son of Zeus and Alcemene. Heracles also portrays a mythic hero, because of his superhuman strength, bestowed to him by his father.  Heracles is forced to take a set of challenges in order to clear his name for slaughtering his wife and children(he was driven to madness by the goddess Hera). His quest, which is a journey taken in search of something of value, which all mythic an folktale heroes have, was to face 12 devastating challenges, such as defeating the Nemian lion, or going to the underworld. The quest of Heracles portrays all the difficult challenges we have to go through in life.