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I borrowed the title from a Bob Dylan song one of my favorites. However, the gist I want to write today is from a poem by Dorothy Nolte called Children Learn what they Live.
Today, I am not going to talk about the episode as such but only about Karna character as it is depicted in this show and todays show.
Here are the lines of the Poem and my thoughts on it as it pertains to the Karna our Doomed Hero
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
Karna was criticized today but none other than his father, who made him bow his head in front of the princely clan. Karna broke free the arrows which surrounded him with bare hands strode towards Arjuna and challenged only to be made small by none other than his father who made him feel shame , put him in his place and thereby broke his confidence and made him feel guilty
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
Arjuna the great warrior is hostile towards Karna, why is it because Arjun feels threatened or is it stemming from something else? To me it seemed that is stemming from fear that he will be dethroned as the greatest Dhanurdhar and combined with Uruvi's fascination for his arch enemy makes him Hostile and when he is Hostile Karna just has to fight. I liked what he told Arjuna today that after Surya Namaskar he would have granted Arjuna whatever he asked but Arjuna just asked for War.
If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
Karna has been constantly criticized as SutPutra ( I think Arjuna has to tone down this word a little!) so Karna condemns he condemns what the pandavas stand for because him being born a SutPutra was not his fault...but a mothers who sent him afloat because she could not bear ridicule.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
Here even though it is not depicted blatantly I always felt that Kunti love towards Karna was more guilt mixed with Pity. It may be just me but that is my thought so even though Karna shows bravado when it comes to fighting he does not seem very confident of himself.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
Acceptance that was what Duryodhan gave Karna and because of that Karna has started to Love Duryodhana it is his own form of love but Love nevertheless which binds him in this Loyalty towards the Man who extended his arm in friendship/acceptance.
There are many more lines of the Poem but the above I thought was apt and took the creative liberty of using these for the ADULT Karna
I am not going to speak much about the episode or acting or lack of it today other than above.
Here is the full poem in case you have not come across it. This is one of my favorites along with the Bob Dylan song.
If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.
By Dorothy Law Nolte
Today, I am not going to talk about the episode as such but only about Karna character as it is depicted in this show and todays show.
Here are the lines of the Poem and my thoughts on it as it pertains to the Karna our Doomed Hero
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
Karna was criticized today but none other than his father, who made him bow his head in front of the princely clan. Karna broke free the arrows which surrounded him with bare hands strode towards Arjuna and challenged only to be made small by none other than his father who made him feel shame , put him in his place and thereby broke his confidence and made him feel guilty
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
Arjuna the great warrior is hostile towards Karna, why is it because Arjun feels threatened or is it stemming from something else? To me it seemed that is stemming from fear that he will be dethroned as the greatest Dhanurdhar and combined with Uruvi's fascination for his arch enemy makes him Hostile and when he is Hostile Karna just has to fight. I liked what he told Arjuna today that after Surya Namaskar he would have granted Arjuna whatever he asked but Arjuna just asked for War.
If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
Karna has been constantly criticized as SutPutra ( I think Arjuna has to tone down this word a little!) so Karna condemns he condemns what the pandavas stand for because him being born a SutPutra was not his fault...but a mothers who sent him afloat because she could not bear ridicule.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
Here even though it is not depicted blatantly I always felt that Kunti love towards Karna was more guilt mixed with Pity. It may be just me but that is my thought so even though Karna shows bravado when it comes to fighting he does not seem very confident of himself.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
Acceptance that was what Duryodhan gave Karna and because of that Karna has started to Love Duryodhana it is his own form of love but Love nevertheless which binds him in this Loyalty towards the Man who extended his arm in friendship/acceptance.
There are many more lines of the Poem but the above I thought was apt and took the creative liberty of using these for the ADULT Karna
I am not going to speak much about the episode or acting or lack of it today other than above.
Here is the full poem in case you have not come across it. This is one of my favorites along with the Bob Dylan song.
If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.
By Dorothy Law Nolte
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