Angad under Pygmalion effect

Angad was the child of monkey king Bali and his spouse Tara. He was the nephew and also stepson of Sugriv. Angad was a fantastic Vanar who assisted Ram to find his wife Sita along with other monkeys.When Vanar activity was established for the hunt of Sita, he was allocated the post of assistant to Nila, among the senior most deputies. Sugriv instructed him to approach the senior monkeys with his command. Once the youngster Angad learnt the intricate details of his job he was given the duty to search out Sita in every feasible areas of South India, as it was noted that Sita has been hidden in some place of South, either in mainland or in the island. Angad searched each and every area of South up to the seaside, Rameshwaram, to fulfill his duty. When the battalion was organized to proceed further south, he was basically made the head of the team.

As soon as Sita was discovered within Lanka, Ram wished to learn some peaceful alternative of rescuing Sita and avoiding the war. The messengers sent to Ravan were again led by Angad. Angad described Ravan what was Ram`s wish and revealed that if he released Sita the battle could possibly be prevented. He tried by every method to influence Ravan, but Ravan was firm at his decision to encounter a war rather than returning Sita calmly.

In the conversation he positioned his foot strongly on the ground and threw a challenge that if any person in the Ravan`s court managed to uproot his foot Ram would lose the battle and return back without Sita. Each and every Rakshasa courtier of Ravan`s army and even his son Indrajit attempted to raise Angad`s left foot but no one succeeded. Ravan was angered because he was feeling embarrassed. Angad was so furious that he strikes the ground with enormous power utilizing both his hands. Each and every courtier was scared and flew away. Ravan fell down from his throne and his crowns rolled off from his heads. Before he could put them again on his heads Angad captured of those and threw them towards the direction where Ram was waiting with his brother Lakshman. Ram recognized that those were crowns of Ravan. Hanuman grabbed the flying crowns and put them in front of Ram.

Angad was quite young to perform these major activities but he did well. He performed as per his bosses "positive expectations". The Pygmalion effect is the phenomenon in which people, often children or students and employees, tend to perform according to the expectations placed upon them. It is a form of self-fulfilling prophecy, and, in this respect, people will internalize their positive labels, and those with positive labels succeed accordingly.  In other words, once an expectation is set, even if it isn’t accurate, we tend to act in ways that are consistent with that expectation. Surprisingly often, the result is that the expectation, as if by magic, comes true.

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