Compare And Contrast Satan And Mr Miyagi

Mr. Miyagi and Satan are both effective god teachers, despite the fact that they educate their pupils in different ways, they both help to shape the perspectives of their disciples with their experience, knowledge, and intelligence. Mr. Miyagi and Satan shape the views of their disciples and open their eyes up to different perspectives. Mr. Miyagi helps Daniel when he is in need; he takes Daniel under his wing in order to help Daniel grow as a person. At the same time Mr. Miyagi teaches Daniel that he should not learn karate so he can fight, on the contrary, he should learn about karate so he doesn’t have to fight and for his own personal inner balance. Before he teaches Daniel karate he makes sure that Daniel understands that he must persevere and be determined
Walk right side, safe. Walk left side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later get the squish just like grape. Here, karate, same thing. Either you karate do yes or karate do no"(John G. Avildsen). When Mr. Miyagi tells Daniel this, he is saying that he wants Daniel to be sure of himself, and his decisions, or to not act on them at all. He is telling Daniel to be determined and not to give up or do things halfheartedly. Whereas, when Satan talks to the kids he talks to them and shows them how their views on the world are narrow-minded, and that societal norms were different in different societies. When the main character points out Satan’s manners, he responds by saying, “Manners!...why it is merely truth and truth is good manners; manners are a fiction ”(47). By saying this he is pointing out that the boy’s views on