Christianity in Groundhog Day

A groundhog is a rat used to predict the weather in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Phil suffers from depression after realizing that he can’t escape covering Groundhog Day which she terms as a waste of his talent, depression pushes Phil to the extent of even trying to commit suicide to end the disturbing memory in his mind, unfortunately, and the plan does not work out. Later he starts helping those people who are around him and to his surprise, the bad memory disappears from him. Other major characters to be discussed are the town and a lady by the name Rita who is Phil Connors Producer. Rita is all over about the ‘Groundhog Day’, and she feels that the event would be marvelous and very enlightening. With the above conditions at work, Phil Connors shifts his soul from cynic to compassion.

In the play, we see him waking up and realizing that he has to embrace true spirituality. Some critics argue that the process of transformation of the weatherman follows the route followed by Lawrence Kohlberg stages of moral growth. At one scenario, we are left wondering whether Rita is right when she describes Phil as an egocentric man with other attitudes that make him a disagreeable person in Christianity. Being egocentric is a character that should be significantly shunned in Christianity. It is in relationships that some people reveal what they have always denied about their personality, some accept their negative feelings and learn how to suppress them so that they can maintain their peaceful coexistence. In the play, Phil has to change to win Rita’s heart, this act in itself shows that Phil undergoes a transformation of from what he thought was right to what is generally accepted (Ramis, Harold, et al.

In Christianity, people are taught values that make a person admirable in the society and a person who everyone would like to have a life together. Religion is there to shape people and show them the right way of life. Another Christianity aspect revealed in the play is that, if you want to change the world, change it yourself. The other lesson that Christians learn from that incidence of Phil extending his hand for kindness is that we should learn to accept others the way they are and learn to live them in the best way possible. The film also shows Christians that they should always be nice because it is not in many cases where good people are treated oppositely. On the same line, we learn that being selfish all the time becomes boring and it’s not the best way to live.

The act of giving away shows that we should reciprocate our feelings to other people, we all know that we feel good when we are looked upon by others, it shows that our presence on earth is appreciated. Phil tries to act in a sarcastic way towards Mrs. The film is about compassion, change, giving, identity, and how we live with other people. In a nutshell, the film is just a comedy of a jerk learning how to become a good person. References Brussat, Frederic, and Mary Ann Brussat.  Spiritual literacy: Reading the sacred in everyday life. Simon and Schuster, 1998. Ramis, Harold, et al.  Groundhog day. Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1993.