This is probably the most exciting part of the book and such a cliff hanger after reading the last section of Hanuman. The chapter began with Maricha disguising as a deer to help Ravana capture Sita. I felt like Maricha was being manipulated by Ravana because his intentions were to leave Rama and Sita alone but Ravana would not listen. So then Ravana ends up capturing Sita by disguising as an old man. I thought it was really intriguing when Buck described the reason why Ravana didn't rape Sita. He was known to be a rapist and Buck added significant details of the reason why Ravana couldn't rape women anymore, it was because he was cursed and if he were to rape, one of his heads will fall off. So Ravana had to kidnap her instead.
Another interesting part of the book is the introduction of Hanuman and his birth. Hanuman was the son of Anjana but she abandoned her baby. I thought it was so adorable that Hanuman saw the sun thinking it was a mango and wanted to eat it. Does he only eats mangoes?
The death of Vali was a dramatic scene, when Rama stroke his arrow at Vali, his poor wife Tara couldn't bear watching her husband die and killed herself. I felt like in the book Ramayana, a lot of these women really love their husbands. Kausayla and now Tara, watching their husband die was really dramatic and painful for them. I feel bad for these women and especially Sita which I said several times throughout my reading diaries.
So then the story goes on finding Sita and trying to rescue her. Rama gives Hanuman a ring as a token to give to Sita when he finds her. I thought that part was really significant because the ring symbolizes the bond between Rama and Sita. The ring will let Sita know that Rama is safe and here to find her.
Rama gives Hanuman the ring: Hanuman accepts ring
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