“ Sometimes our strengths lie beneath the surface. Far beneath in some cases” (Moana). This was a familiar quote from a wonderful Disney movie called Moana. Moana was released in the year of 2016, and many young kids, teenagers, and even adults have immediately fallen in love with this movie. Moana was a young girl who was determined to sail across the ocean to find Maui and restore the heart of Te Fiti. While this movie is not perfect because it does have some fallacies, Moana wouldn't be a Disney movie without some false information such as the similarities and differences of Samoa from 500 AD to now, sociality, geographical, and historical misterpetations. Moana was a young girl, who always had a dream about going in the water. She wanted to go beyond her reef to restore the heart of Te Fiti that …show more content…
Maui, a demigod who later helps Moana save the island, stole so that her island would be saved. When she and Maui were so close to achieving their goals, Maui quits right when they got to Te Fit. Than, Moana decided to fight for her island herself, but when she was in battle with Te Fiti, he kept fighting back. Luckily, Maui came back and helped her. When Moana got to the top of the hill, she notice that the heart was missing from Te Kā, so she made a pathway for the Te Kā , and when he came she put the heart on Te Kā. This restored her back to her original self, Te Fiti, and the country was beautifully saved. In the movie Moana, there are several inaccuracies, such as Maui’s tattoos. For instance, in the movie, Maui earns his tattoos when he does something, but that is not really true. You can get a tattoo whenever you want. Also Maui was a slim, young guy, who was coming of age, and had an top- knot in his hair, but in the movie he was a big, muscular guy, that had his hair down to his shoulder. (Cobb) Last but not least,there was the myth of Maui’s discovery of fire. Maui realized that the fire has been lost on earth, so he goes in search of the fire goddess. When he goes in search, he learns the secret of obtaining the art of fire. He tricks the goddess and makes her mad, than he turns into a hawk and barley escapes with his life ( Your, Cobb.) Maui had 4 brothers and out of those 4 brothers he was the demigod, but of course his brothers was not shown in the Disney movie. (Your, Cobb). These are just some of the many social inaccuracies that I have found in Moana. Not only does the movie Moana have some social inaccuracies, but it has some geographical inaccuracies as well.
Moana tells Maui that she is the daughter of Motunui, which is island in the movie, but this island does not exist in real life. Not only does this island not exist, but Te Fiti does not exist as well. Te Fiti was a island, that was lost because Maui stole the heart. So Moana had to restore it, but when she does Te Fiti becomes pretty again and all crops are able to grow. While in the movie, this so called island exist, it doesn’t in real life. For example, when Moana was a little kid, her parents looked like parents, but as Moana grew and became older, her parents didn't (Your, Cobb). They stayed the same age and didn’t age a bit. Therefore, the character ages are not exactly accurate. It isn’t just the parents ages that are false, but it is also Moana. Lastly, it is kind of weird how there was disappearing and appearing islands. In real life, when something is made, it stays there unless someone moves it, but the island Te Fiti moved all by itself, without someone moving it. Islands doesn’t magically move, so this is really a big inaccuracies
(CIA.gov). In addition to social and geographical misterpretation, there are historical ones too. In fact, there are many inaccuracies that are historical. Moana was not the daughter of the chief, she was a goddess, and her friend Maui wasn’t the only kid his parents had (Disney, Parkes). Maui is often credited with using his fish hook to pull up many islands from the Pacific Ocean, forming the string of islands for which Polynesia (Caldwell). Life is Samoa in 500 AD compared to life in Samoa now is much the same. For instance, in both time periods, they still grow coconuts and crops. Another thing is that they still have the same languages such as English and Samoan. In fact, it isn’t just the crops or the languages that they both share, but it is the religion. It really didn’t matter what time period in Samoa it was, they still had the same religion, such as Catholicism (CIA.GOV.) Although there are many similarities, there are also differences. For instance, the population in Samoa have grown since 500 AD was 195,125 (CIA.GOV.) It isn’t just the population that have changed in Samoa, but it is also the conflict Samoa had. They had a lot of war and drama back in the 500 ad, such as Second Samoan Civil War, The Samoan Civil War , and the Samoan crisis. Now, Samoa is living life peacefully. These are just few differences of Samoa’s life in 500 AD to life in Samoa now. (CIA.GOV.) In conclusion, Moana was a wonderful Disney movie about a young girl who wanted to save her island. Disney made a amazing movie, but there are things they did right and wrong. For instance, Disney made Moana right by making it a movie to remember, and a movie everyone can enjoy, but Disney did get the characters wrong. As I said in the beginning “ Sometimes our strengths lie beneath the surface. Far beneath in some cases”, this was a wonderful quote in this movie(Moana). This is the real story behind the movie Moana.
Their main goal is to turn human again, trying to find out many different ways to do this. They learn of a woman who goes by "Mama Odie", who could be identified as the mentor or supernatural aid of the story. They learn that one way to break their spell is to get Naveen to kiss Lottie, who will temporarily be princess of the Mardi Gras parade. Kissing a princess would ultimately fix their problem and turn both Naveen and Tiana human. Most of the "training" in these kinds of stories usually come in the form of life lessons. “Y’all want to be human, but you’re blind to what you need”Odie preaches, right before singing a song about finding yourself and learning who you are. These characters, while being from vastly different places, wanting different things, are actually very similar to each other with this song in mind. Naveen wants to spend his life in absolute luxury and riches for the rest of his life, and as previously stated, Tiana wants to run her own restaurant. They both have these goals that they set for themselves, and a plan to meet that goal. While this is all well and good, Mama Odie is here to remind them to not loose sight of what is really important, something that will continue to hold you up no matter how low you end up sinking. This is a Disney movie so of course our answer is
Just like the sounding of your alarm every morning, adversities are ultimately inevitable in life. A Roman poet named Horace once said, "Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant." Horace examines the role that adversity plays in the growth of a person’s character and understanding of burdens and times of difficulty. In these times, when adversities are encountered, one’s real character is exposed. The true depth and intensity of human nature is disclosed, but true talent is not always found. But, what is found, is the truth behind that person’s character, and the strength they truly posses.
The film revolves around the character Moana who at a young age discovers a love and special connection with the ocean. However, Moana’s father, Chief Tui, forbids Moana from going out on the ocean because he believes it to be too dangerous. Instead Chief Tui attempts at preparing Moana to be the next island leader. Moana grows concerned as their island, Motunui, is dying, she believes it has to do with the heart of Te Fiti.
Most big ideas or changes in “The Princess and the Frog” occur within a song. For example, when Tiana sings “Almost There,” viewers are introduced to her lifelong dream of owning a restaurant. Extravagant instrumentation and artist Anika Noni Rose’s powerful voice creates a beautiful text painting. The music reflects Tiana’s determination to overcome the odds and live out her father’s ambitions. Seeing Tiana’s goal come to life through the song moves along the plot.
The first reason why Ariel is most like myself is because of her love for adventure. In the film, The Little Mermaid, Ariel wonders off to ship wrecks and swims up to the surface to speak to birds to identify human objects. She is always on the run for an adventure, much like myself. If I am not at home taking care of my family, we are out at the Kermit sand hills, taking last minute trips to Indiana, or spending the weekend at my families’ lake house. Like the quote in The Little Mermaid and on “IMDb” says, “If only I could make him understand. I just don't see things the way he does. I just don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad,” I too agree, the world is a beautiful, magnificent place and taking adventures and exploring is something that has always been appealing to me.
Under the sea, in an idyllic and beautiful garden, stands a statue of a young man cut out of cold stone – for the Little Mermaid who knows nothing but the sea, the statue stands as an emblem of the mysterious over-world, a stimulus for imagination and sexual desire, an incentive for expansion of experience, and most predominately, an indication that something great and all-encompassing is missing from her existence. Traces of curiosity and a vague indication of the complexities of adult desires mark the child mermaid; in such a stage of development, the statue will suffice. However, as the Little Mermaid reaches puberty, the statue must allegorically come alive in order to parallel the manifestation of her new-found adult desires – the statue must become a prince in his world of adulthood above the sea. Thus, powered by an insistent and ambiguous longing for self-completion, the Little Mermaid embarks on a journey of self-discovery, and, to her ultimate misfortune, prematurely abandons her child-like self as sexual lust and the lust for an adult life takes hold of her.
The inspiring tale of The Little Mermaid conveys to readers that one does not need to change themselves to please another as well as do, by any means, follow your dreams; they will come true if you truly do believe in them. Sixteen year-old, Ariel, is an adventure-seeking mermaid that has been constraint and by her father to remain isolated under the sea and never look beyond into the outside world. She soon then rebels against her father’s demands when she falls deeply in love with Eric, a mortal man and pleads to the portentous witch Ursula, to transform her into a human. Agreeing to this, Ursula’s only charge in return was that Ariel gives Ursula her (Ariel’s) beautifully haunting voice. Voiceless, Ariel leaves everything she was acquainted with, her only motivation being her love, to a foreign land for a sole purpose; to gain the affection of her true love. Ariel’s sacrifices and tiring efforts are reciprocated when Eric returns the same affection towards her, both mute and ultimately, the mermaid....
A little girl sits on the floor with her gaze fixed on the television screen in front of her, watching magical images dance before her eyes and catchy songs flow through her ears. Even though she had seen it at least twenty times before, she still loved The Little Mermaid just as much as she did the first time she watched it. As she watched it, she longed to be a beautiful mermaid with a curvy body and wonderful singing voice like Ariel. She longed to be saved by the handsome Prince Eric, and fall in love and live happily ever-after like Ariel did. In today’s society, women strive to achieve equality between the sexes. Despite the tremendous steps that have been taken towards reaching gender equality, mainstream media contradicts these accomplishments with stereotypes of women present in Walt Disney movies. These unrealistic stereotypes may be detrimental to children because they grow up with a distorted view of how men and women interact. Disney animated films assign gender roles to characters, and young children should not be exposed to inequality between genders because its effect on their view of what is right and wrong in society is harmful to their future.
In both Hans Christian Andersons “The Little Mermaid,” and Disney’s version of the story, the main character— a young and beautiful mermaid— waits anxiously for her fifteenth birthday to venture from her father’s underwater castle to the world above the water. As the story carries on the mermaids priorities change; her modest and selfless nature is revealed towards the end in Andersen’s version. However, Disney’s version encompasses a rather shallow ending and plot throughout. The theme found in comparing the two versions reveal that Andersen’s substance trumps Disney’s entertainment factor in fairy tales.
The first thing to pop into one’s mind when they hear The Little Mermaid is most likely the Disney animated movie starring the beautiful red haired mermaid, Ariel. However, as with most Disney films, The Little Mermaid is an adaption of an original story written by Hans Christian Andersen in the 1830s. The creation of this classic fairytale into an animated feature required alterations from the Disney corporation, leading to a final product that is reminiscent of Andersen’s original story with added layers of American culture, sexism, and musical numbers. The initial release of Disney’s The Little Mermaid was highly successful both domestically and overseas, resulting in a total box office revenue of about 180 million. Although the film received rave reviews and substantial profit, I argue that the Disney adaption loses the fundamental elements of Andersen’s original story and presents a new narrative laced with negative values and inferior moral lessons. The changes in the Disney remake are closely connected to cultural and social aspects of America in the late 1980’s, making it arguably more relatable and successful for current audiences of the time. However, Disney’s adaption of The Little Mermaid perpetuates negative American ideals and incorporates classic Disney fairytale elements, ultimately erasing the positive moral overarching theme of Hans Christian Andersen’s original story.
The climax of a film is usually the part that leaves the biggest impact. It is the culmination of the film. Moana’s climax is a showdown between Moana and the lava monster with Maui helping. She realizes who the lava monster truly is and must show that to the monster. The biggest moment of the movie is the monster becoming who she is. It is a moment of self-remembering who she is. This is an extremely explicit show of theme. And by putting it in the climax, it becomes even stronger and leaves more of an impression on people. Choosing to follow a linear narrative for this film added a great deal to the theme and overall
“The mermaid swam with her prince toward the beach. She laid him in the fine white sand, taking care to place his head in the warm sunshine, far from the water. She also had to give up her voice, which she had done so willingly, endure tremendous amounts of pain to have the legs of a human, and give up her life as a mermaid as well as never be able to be with her sisters at the bottom of the ocean again. The little mermaid passed all of the tests that the universe threw at her, but in the end, she did not get to marry the prince and this is a great example of a message from the author that life can be unfair sometimes.
First, the theme of The Little Mermaid really impressed me when I first read this story because it conveys a more realistic and cruel perspective about life. I always think this story is really special for kids because the end of this story is not as usual as normal fairy tales. From the original version of The Little Mermaid, readers can know that at the end of the story, The Little Mermaid actually became the foam because the prince got married with another girl. So, to make it simple, the whole story is about a mermaid who sacrifices her voice for feet in order to get married with her “Mr. Right”, but ends up her life miserably. I think the theme of this story is actually about “sacrifice”, and that is also what I’ve learned from this story. First sacrifice that The Little Mermaid had made is her voice, and what I learned from this is if you want something so badly you have to sacrifice although you may feel painful. And the second sacrifice The Little Mermaid had made is her life, and in order to see her lover...
...nk of as accomplishments that shaped who we are. Measuring ourselves against our personal achievents and the adversity we face is one of the many ways that we can examine our lives and potential. Adversity plays such a big role in our lives that it's almost invisible. We don't realize that practically everyday we face it and set it up to determine who we are going to be. Sometimes people are given a really crappy deck of cards and don’t know how to handle them. When were in a difficult situation, or faced with adversity we have two choices. Battle through it and become an even greater individual because of it or succumb to the situation and give up. It it all depends on how much determination a person has to fight through the adversity and in turn, become a better person.
In my life time I have accomplished many extraordinary tasks that I’ve put my mind too. I discovered that my signature themes have greatly affected the methods that I use to complete these tasks. People use their strengths in everyday life as well as in crucial, life changing situations. Important self-building achievement is one factor that makes people who they are. Another is the way that people apply there strengths to different situations.