So... Bhagavad-Gita has come to an end, it's twisted plot and complex ideas have finally manifested themselves and we see that we had been fooled throughout the book, and as the end comes we still don't get an answer.
At the end of the book it still isn't clear what Krishna was trying teach Arjuna. When we talked about the ending in class, I realized that Krishna was actually trying to persuade Arjuna to fight or not. He was trying to teach him the same knowlede he had in order to make a desicion on fighting or not. We learn that although Krishna says to follow his advice, Krishna wants Arjuna to form his own opinion and to act on it.
One of the things I really liked abou this book were the description of characters and basically the detailed description of the events occuring in the story. I also think the author di a good job with the Krishna character because those kinds of characters are really hard to get right and Krishna was delivered perfectly.
I really did enjoy this book, although at first it was hard to start reading it. I really hope that all religious and historical book I read can be this interesting!!!
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