Hanuman

For this extra credit assignment, I watched Sita Sings the Blues, a cartoonized version of the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. This film tells the story of young Rama, a prince of Ayodhya. Rama's stepmother is jealous of him, so she convinces his father, the king to banish him to exile in the forest for 14 years. Rama's Wife, Sita comes along with him, despite his attempts to get her to stay. Other versions of this story have his brother Lakshman coming along as well, but this film did not show this. While Rama and Sita are in exile, Sita is kidnapped by the evil King Ravana of Lanka. King Ravana tries his best to convince Sita to marry him instead, but Sita refuses. Rama looks far and wide for his beloved Sita, but he cannot find her. The monkey…

as other wanderers. Near the end of Beowulf, after the dragon kills Beowulf, Wiglaf speaks to the other warriors who did not stay by Beowulf’s fight against the dragon: “But when the worst happened/ too few rallied around the prince” (Beowulf 2882). “too few rallied” speaks of the warriors shirking from battle, informing us that hiding from battle could be a way to break loyalty to an Anglo-Saxon ruler. Rama and the Indians posses a similar concept of loyalty. As Vali lays dying, he gives…

Hanuman has special powers given by the gods to “change his shape, fly anywhere and defeat even the mightiest in the battle” (Sharma 73). When his mother bears him, his mother knows that Hanuman has these special powers. When Hanuman was an infant, he tries to hold the sun’s face, causing the earth to fell into darkness. Therefore, lest the earth remained in darkness, Indra threw a thunderbolt at Hanuman. However, Hanuman’s father, Vayu, was furious and causing all the winds to stop from…

death and pain brought on by war and doesn’t want to fight but then he speaks to Krishna. Krishna Explains that the difference in just fighting and spiritual duty. You have to have the right reasons to fight and do it in the name of Krishna. It also explains different types of yoga, and their benefit. The central message of the story is Arjuna’s spiritual duty or Dharma. The Ramayana is another popular epic in Hinduism. It is set in northern India and it follows the main character Rama, crowned…

In our era, the electronic culture is becoming increasingly highlighted，we can easily find that all aspects of our lives are becoming more and more visible. That is to say, we are experiencing a new cultural era, which means things that could not see in the past can be seen today. The development of the Internet and the emergence of high definition TV set show the visual culture is everywhere. Visual culture uses different media to present the diversification of visual effects, stimulating…

Someone once stated that the fact that you aren’t where you want to be should be enough motivation. One must have courage, confidence and motivation in order to change the world like Virginia Apgar did. Virginia Apgar had courage and knew that she was not in a good spot, so she had courage and confidence in herself which helped her throughout her life. Virginia Apgar was born on June 07, 1974 in New Jersey and died on August 07,1974 in New York. She was an American anesthesiologist (“Virginia…

The Ramayana, especially Sita, has been a topic of controversy among the feminist groups in Hindu society. From this controversy, there has been a progression towards changing the text of the Ramayana in order to suit society’s ever changing views. The last scene in the Ramayana has been altered to change Sita’s interaction with Rama, mostly in response to the changes of women’s social concerns because women don’t want to be viewed as an inferior being to men. There have been multiple variations…

1) Thesis A thesis statement defines the main ideas and opinions of a paper. It is the “first impression” of a paper. It must include the topic / subject, your argument / opinion, and a major supporting details of your argument. It is an arguable statement that any intelligent person would agree is logical to argue. It is a place to tell your audience just what you are going to prove. 2) “Weak to Strong” D: This thesis does not have the subject of the paper nor does it have any reasons…

During the time of The Ramayana India 's society was largely patriarchal and women were expected to be perfect wives that were submissive to their husbands (Trautmann, 88). This idea was especially present among castes that were of a higher class, much like the lives that Rama and Sita were born into. Upon first glance it appear as though Sita is nothing more than a product of her time; a young and naive princess that is all too willing to sacrifice everything for her husband and follow the…

The Struggle of Perfection Most religions look up to their Gods as if they were the epitome of all things right. In the Ramayana, the Gods are often portrayed as perfect beings that show a standard of what humans should strive for. Despite the story constantly reminding the readers that the Gods can do no wrong, we see throughout the novel Rama repeatedly showing his faults and mistakes. These lapses in perfection guide the readers to identify with Rama even if he is divine, and therefore are…