Essay, Research Paper: Ben- Hur V.S Pu Yi

Although Ben- Hur and Pu Yi were from entirely different times they both
experience many of the same obstacles. Because of the hard ships of the positions in
their communities they experienced the rise and fall from riches to rags.
Pu Yi being called to be the emperor at a very young age never experienced many
hard ships until a later age. When he was older his power was removed due to the
entrance of communism. Ben- Hur was a well-respected man in his community for what
he believed in and not for his power.
Both men had to deal with the tragic loss of their positions, Pu Yi by the coming
of communism and Ben- Hur by betrayal from the Roman government. Both men were
dismissed by a form of government that no longer approved of their beliefs.
Ben-Hur was taken captive by the Roman army and was sent to row on war ships,
there he spent three years of his life and through his boldness was spared by a Roman
official during a naval battle. This man then adopted him. Pu Yi was also taken captive in
the Empyreal city, when he was made Emperor he was also made a prisoner. After
communism was a factor in his life he was even more of a prisoner, he had no power over
anything but the city and even that he had little or no control of. Later in his life the
Japanese asked him to be the emperor again but the were only setting him up, he then
became a prisoner much like Ben-Hur.
The only difference between the two men was the case of freedom, Ben-Hur had
experienced freedom, and would regain freedom but Pu Yi wouldn’t. Pu Yi would spend
most of the rest of his life in a jail cell. Ben-Hur found Christianity and respect from the
Roman’s.



Word Count: 312