Rama as an Empire Builder

The story of the Ramayana reminds me much of the hard times that USA is in today. I see many similarities between Rama and the USA. Rama is a warrior against evil, and so the United States are claiming. He creates a strong army, which fights by his side until the end.

He has allies that contains people such as Sugreeva whom he helped to retain his kingdom from his evil brother. So Sugreeva felt a strong feeling of loyalty towards Rama and it made him fight to the end by Rama's side. Loyalty is the most important characteristics that an army can have.

The ideological stand point here is good vs. evil. Rama and his allies are the good battling against evil. Rama had allies who understood his cause and went in to fight with him to the end. Since Rama was a humble, but strong leader the people showed him loyalty back. Ravana showed more of a self-centered and egoistic leadership. Ravana's brother tried to warn him about the strong powers of Rama,......

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Title: Ramayana
Approximate Word Count: 507
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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