In this first "teaching" (and i put teaching in quotations because im not really sure if it is actually teaching me something) I can start to get a grasp on the book and kind of sense what its going to be about. I think its going to be very similar to Gilgamesh since by the style of the writing we can infer they are both ancient texts, and because of the titles and the ideas that are presented to us in the beginning. We begin this chapter when the sons of Dhritarashtra and the sons of Pandu are together and about to commence a war (or at least it looks like it). When the war is about to start we see that Arjuna (Pandora's son) starts talking about war and how useless and unnecessary it is.
He wonders if it is worth all the lives lost and the blood spilled just to earn kinmaship and power. Although we aren't presented with the cause or reason of the war I Thinkn it might have something to do with faith, or religion. Coming back to Arjuna I believe it is very brave for a man that has so much at risk to go against the ideas his family believes and has faith in.
When Arjuna says: "My limbs sink, my mouth is parched, my body trembles, the hair bristles on my flesh."(pg.27)We can sense a fear and an unpleasant feeling toward war and all it entails, this reminds me of the popular movie ideas where there's a weird kid in the family who isn't like his brothers or sisters, which his parents don't really like, and that sort of commonly used movie idea.
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