Carpe Diem: The Little Mermaid

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Carpe Diem is the latin phrase meaning seize the day. The whole principal of seizing the day is perfectly modeled by this generation that started in 1990 and ends in 2005. They are fueled by repairing the damages of past generations while also living to the fullest. The goal of this generation is to make our life so unbelievably great that we resist boredom and times of silence. Taylor Swift put it so eloquently when she said, “I'm intimidated by the fear of being average” New fads are not about conforming to social structure but rather to be great in your own way. Be it your talents, interests, or your determination to help other people. We have evolved into a group of people who are more accepting, caring, and opinionated.
This generation was born in a time where our parents were recovering from the wild 70’s and 80’s and becoming more conservative. While all of the media, specifically music was becoming more …show more content…

It’s best to start with a fan favorite. The Little Mermaid is a movie where a mermaid gained independence from her strict father. This is a tale of love and loss, but most of all about independence. Little girls and boys were taught to follow their dreams to achieve success. In a slightly less popular movie, The Princess and the Frog, the main character Tiana learns that you have to balance love and work to find happiness. In a newer disney movie, Tangled, Rapunzel learns to question what she has been taught by her mother. She later finds the truth of her life and is able to fight for her freedom. All of the princesses were kind and gentle and every kid in the carpe diem generation has seen at least one of the movies. So its no wonder the princesses’ values have worked themselves into our young

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