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watching the movie, one can see that Chance could be described as Jesus Christ. Jesus taught and preached to his followers and others through parables. Chance spoke from stories and metaphors. Jesus was a peaceful man who never showed anger. Chance was a modest man, an honest human being like Jesus. Chance’s peace put others at peace. A way Chance could be seen as Jesus was through Ben. Ben was an influential man in America. He was very high up in the government and had powerful friends. Ben knew Chance was a smart man, so he has him meet the president. The president quoted Chance on national television and that’s when the whole world knew of Chance the gardener or Chauncey Gardener. One could look at Ben as resembling John the Baptist. John was Jesus’ cousin and a true believer in Jesus. John went around and preached about Jesus as the Son of God. Eventually John was killed because of his strong faith. Ben acts like this in that he gets Chance in the spotlight. Ben knows that America needs change and that America needs Chance’s vision and ideas, so he places Chance with the president. Another example of Chance being like Jesus is at the end of the movie. When the President is saying some kind words about Ben at the fun