Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo Critical Paragraphs

In the movie Finding Nemo, new parents Marlin and Coral have a baby fish named Nemo. Dory is the hero of the movie because she finds the mask with the address of where Nemo is and she helps Marlin keep his hopes up. The parents take Nemo to the first day of school and Nemo is right away identified as an adventurous character. Once Nemo arrives with his dad to school, he quickly introduces himself and takes a risk of touching a fish hook. Nemo then gets taken by a diver and Marlin says: “They took him away. I have to find the boat.” This sets up the major conflict in the movie, Nemo is lost and Marlin is determined to find his son. As a loving father, Marlin’s primary concern is that he has lost his son forever. However, he finds the future hero of the movie, Dory. Secondly, Nemo’s new classmates express that they are worried as well. “Oh my gosh! Nemo’s swimming out to
sea!” they say. Although the classmates of Nemo do not reappear in the movie and never become heroes of the movie, the quotation sparks more motivation for Marlin and Dory to go and save Nemo. This passage is the first sign that Marlin and Dory will save Nemo..
The road to finding Nemo was long and bumpy.
Marlin runs into a forgetful fish named Dory who is credited for leading the path to Nemo. First, they run into sharks who appear to be friendly, but one of the sharks becomes extra hungry for some fish. Marlin and Dory become horrified. The two other sharks try to hold the hungry shark back, but it ends up being a chase. “It has been three weeks since my last fish,” says the shark. The sharks are hungry for Marlin and Dory, but they use their solid swimming to outswim the sharks. Additionally, the sharks turn out to be just one of the many problems that Marlin and Dory will have to face in order to find Nemo. Later on, Dory finds a mask with the address of where Nemo is being brought. Unfortunately, Dory drops the mask with the address and all of the excitement has been lost. “Quick! Grab the mask!...You dropped it! That was my only chance of finding my son, now it’s gone.” Initially, Marlin and Dory had an outstanding chance at seeing Nemo again. After Dory lost the mask, the resolution
lessened.
Despite Dory having short term memory loss, she bounces back and remembers the address from the mask. “What did the mask say?...P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney.” Thankfully, Dory remembered the address of where Nemo was taken, a sigh of relief for both Marlin and Dory. They could now continue their journey to Sydney. If Dory was unable to remember the address, Marlin would most likely have given up. This is why Dory played a key role in the movie and can be viewed as the hero. Later on, word of Nemo’s situation got around throughout all of the animal kingdom, and most of the animals were determined to help find and save Nemo. Nigel the pelican, played a large role in finding Nemo. He put Marlin and Dory into his mouth and brought them to the dentist office where Nemo was. Nemo was reunited with Marlin. The pelican breaks into the dentist office and alarms the dentist and Nemo realizes that his father is with the pelican. “All the animals have gone mad!...Daddy!...Nemo!” At last , the journey had finally become worthwhile and Nemo was reunited with his father. Nemo is extremely pleased to see his father, as much as Marlin was to see Nemo. In conclusion, Dory is the hero because she helped keep the journey going and ultimately succeeds in finding Nemo.