Similarities Between The Legend Of Baggavad Gita

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The movie the “Legend of Bagger Vance” is a film based on the sacred Hindu story the Bagavad Gita. The movie incorporates the major aspects of the story, while telling them in a modern day version. Since the film is based on this ancient Hindu text, it is easy to draw similarities between the two. Although the movie demonstrates the key lessons of the Bagavad Gita in a distorted view, connections can be made between the characters and the roles they play in each other’s lives.
The characters in the movie “Legend of Bagger Vance” are playing roles that mimic the characters within the ancient Hindu story. One character that demonstrated a similarity was Rannulph Junuh. Junuh was a young golfing star, who was destined for success, until he returned from war and quit the game. When the town of Savannah began organizing a golf tournament, Junuh was faced with the dilemma of struggling to play a game where he once was the star, in order to please others. Rannulph Junuh’s struggle shows a relation to the Hindu character, Arjuna, in the Bagavad Gita. Arjuna, the prince of Pandava, was a young and brilliant warrior who was chosen to defend his kingdom from the Kauravas. However Arjuna did not understand why he had to kill his family and friends just to please other people and for a kingdom he wasn’t even sure he wanted, so …show more content…

Arjuna came up with many arguments for why he could not go into battle, but the real reason was because he was afraid of the reaction of killing others. This is similar to how Junuh refused to

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