Daoism, kung fu panda and sir gawain part 1

Last week in class we finished watching the last part of Kung Fu Panda. I found it interesting how po realized how the dragon scroll worked, he just had to believe that it did work. I found that interesting because it is similar to when people say that all you need to do is believe in yourself if you want to accomplish something. I think that after Po discovered how to use the dragon scroll he became a superhero because it was then when he went back to defend master shifu from Tai Lung and he is successful in doing so. I also thought that it was funny and interesting in how Po defeated Tai Lung because he wasn't really trying to, Tai Lung sort of defeated himself. I think that Po can be classified as a superhero because he defended the entire village from Tai Lung and he continues to use his super powers in the next film. I think that there are a lot of Daoistic elements in Kung Fu Panda, like the part where Mr. Ping tells Po that his secret ingredient soup in reality doesn't have a secret ingredient, Mr. Ping's customers are told that his soup has a secret ingredient soup and therefore believe that it does and that is what makes it taste delicious. That part of the story is similar to a placebo effect because people think that they are eating secret ingredient soup, but there is no secret ingredient soup in the soup. For homework we had to read part 1 of Sir Gawain and so far I have found it really interesting because the Green Knight says that he will come back to give Gawain a blow to his head one year later just as Gawain did to the Green Knight, but the Green knight  didn't die even though he was decapitated. I think that the Green Knight is sort of a metaphor of something that Gawain did and that a year later karma will come back to haunt Gawain the same way Gawain did. I also found it interesting how the story begins by describing how several countries like Britain were founded after the fall of Troy by men whose names are similar to the cities name. I also think that King Arthur summoned the Green Knight to come to the feast and challenge him so that Gawain could step up to the giant as to train or give a lesson to Gawain.

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