- There's a curse that makes it so that if Ravana touches a woman without her consent, he'll die. Because of this, he picks up the ground from under Sita and takes her with him that way.
- Ravana's fatal flaw shows again when he says to Sita, "You think too highly of Rama, but I don’t. I do not care to fight him because it’s beneath our dignity to confront a mere human being." I love that Sita responds to this with a bit of sarcasm and sass--she says, "Ah, yes, your class are ashamed to contend with humans, but you may covet and treacherously attack a helpless woman" which is really just on point.
- Jatayu bravely tries to stop Ravana but ends up being killed.
- I found Rama's actions so interesting in chapter 5 with the golden deer. The book mentions this: Rama is an ideal person who is heroic and usually fairly wise. But in this one case, he acted too quickly and let his guard down, which has now led to an entire tragic event.
- They meet Sampathi, who is Jatayu's brother.
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Image Information: Ravana slaughtering Jatayu the vulture, from Wikimedia Commons
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