Disney Film: The Incredibles

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Families are being portrayed by the media so differently than they are in reality. Typically, in the media you see only the best of the best types of families that are absolutely perfect, or they are completely torn apart with countless numbers of problems. The media that I chose to focus on is the Disney movie The Incredibles. In this movie, you have a family full of superheroes. Mr. Incredible has super strength, Mrs. Incredible has super elasticity, the oldest daughter, Violet, can turn invisible, Dash has super speed, and Jack-Jack is the baby who has not discovered his powers yet due to his young age. Mr. incredible takes on a job to fight robots, so that he can be able to support his family financially but then finds out he was hired …show more content…

They seem very realistic to me. They fight with each other and bicker about simple things, like playing with their food at the dinner table. But, when they discover that the father of the family is in the face of danger, they drop everything they are doing to help the dad. In my own personal family, I feel we would all do the exact same thing if one of us were caught in a sticky situation. But, I especially love how Disney show’s that the Incredibles are not anywhere near perfect a perfect family status. The Incredibles family has such a strong connection with one another. In the movie Dash says, “That was the best vacation ever! I love our family” (The Incredibles, 2005). I believe a major factor that goes into this family’s love is the bridge effect. The bridge effect is essentially when someone is in the line of danger afraid and are with someone else. That person will then associate the other person who went through the traumatic, dangerous experience with them, and their love for that person therefore grows.
The Incredibles family is also super supportive of each other which fall into behaviorism. For example, “Dash: Dad, that was so cool when you threw that

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