I guess war is nothing but Hunger Games. Like it or not we are all hungry to hoard and this just makes us what we are (WARMONGERS). Either you fight or not is a choice which we all have. The thing is that there is no day in which you dont fight. Everyone is trying to survive and all are fighting for their lives.
I dont want to be the judge of the war in the Middle East. I cannot judge unfortunately as the facts are unknown and all we do is assume. So recently i have seen two movies with two different stories. Each of it revolves around the same theme "Fight for Life"
Let me go with Bill Lynn's long half time walk. This movie revolves around a Texan who is really not interested in joining the war till a family crisis strikes him. He ends up joining the war as his sister suffers a accident. Her fiance comes out of the planned marriage after realizing that she is damaged goods. The same story is true for many. Unlike the Texan Bill who is possessive when it comes to his sister vandalizes her fiances property. To avoid jail he joins the army. Joining the army to serve the homeland is often taken as bullshit as there is always a ulterior motive associated which he reveals. All this says that like it or not we have to fight in our day to day lives to keep our heads above the water. Unfortunately the disadvantage of not being rich made him to join the army. In this case scenario this was the only choice that he was left with. After joining the army he ends up with another crisis that takes him directly to insurgents who are trying to prove their point. Altough this time he was able to keep control over his nerves that led his unit Bravo team to achieve acclaims as live action was caught on tape. He feels the pain of loosing his squadron leader and the memories of war haunts him as he takes a tour for being a Poster boy of the army. During the whole tour he has to fight with himself whether or not he should call the quits as his sister forces him to make it a point to leave the army. Sooner or later during the whole tour he realizes that he has to fight for his right to live with or without the war. At the end he drops the idea to quit and joins the fight. He then marches on to the future not knowing where he will end up. I liked the concept that the movie is trying to convey. I too feel that would be the right thing to do in order to make a difference in my life . Nothing is given easy in life and you should fight for it.
The other story is Rock on 2 - This too deals with fight for life. Unfortunately in this movie fight and the struggle for life is different. All dont react the same way in dealing with crisis. Sometimes emotions get a good grip and people fall prey. The story revolves around emotions that makes people to take decisions in life. All decisions are not necessary good as they are just a coping mechanism to deal with failures.
Coping mechanisms are ways to which external or internal stress is managed, adapted to or acted upon. Susan Folkman and Richard Lazarus define coping as "constantly changing cognitive and behavioral efforts to manage specific external and/or internal demands that are appraised as taxing".
Coping Mechanisms/ Case scenarios:
Rahul Sharma: He looses confidence in himself- Reason (Disapproval from family) - Leans to the idea of death. He eventually ends up taking his life as he finds it convenient.
Adi Grover: He makes a classical case of Emotions clouding judgement. Not knowing what to do he copes with his failures by moving away from his life and doing things that gives him a purpose. He then makes a case of altrusim. He enjoys being with less fortunate as he thinks that he is making a difference, He then again succumbs to tragedy that changes his path. Sometimes we in our lives will not know where we are headed after suffering a tragedy which all can relate. He eventually comes to terms and does what is best, coping with grief.
Jia Sharma: She is coping in her own way in order to avoid having a argument with a father in pursuing her life dreams. She copes only by Sacrificing her dreams though she is good in what she is.Makes a case of coping by sacrifice.
The story around the 3 main characters revolve around their coping. They eventually break their habit of coping and proceed with Fighting for their lives. The story has twists and turns in their fight to make their voice heard. Eventually they win it by keeping their cool and focus. Nothing is easy and giving a good fight with high spirits is the best thing to do.
Fight for life is a theme that should always gain momentum in ones life and one should come to terms of it not being easy. PAIN AND FIGHT is what defines us i guess.
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