This blog contains the insights, questions, and reflections of college students from various institutions in Atlanta: currently, the members of the Spring 2014 Introduction to Sacred Texts at Spelman College and, previously, the members of the Fall 2012 Introduction to Sacred Texts class at Emory University.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
One aspect of Sita Sings the Blues that really resonated with me was the fact that some of it was illogical and confusing. The fact that the "answer" doesn't always make sense seemed to me to be representative of traditions we have learned about. A part of the movie that showed this was when the "monkey" character went to the evil kings home to find Sita. Even though he found her, she didn't go back with him and avert war. Instead she staid until Rama came. Another part that showed this was the trail of jewlery Sita left as she was being taken away. To begin with, she had supposedly left all of her belongings behind when she went with Rama into exile. In addition, the evil king lived on an island so a trail of jewlery through the ocean wouldn't of have been possible. However these small impossibilities don't effect the meaning or result of the story which was reminiscent of when we talked about looking past the small abnormalities in sacred texts in order to grasp the deeper meaning (like when it said "don't question these stories").
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