Mulan Change Over Time

The stories told to our ancestors are being altered to inspire new lessons that kids from the new generation can use in their lives. Reading stories teaches us lessons that transcend through time and culture, each lesson is different with the story and over time the translation of the story changed to fit modern times. Mulan used to show how women should act but the altered Disney version shows that women are as just as good as men. Robin hood has been changed from being a thief to showing how he can be a revolutionary leader.
The Ballad of Mulan has inspired many Chinese women to defy traditional gender roles. In the last five years the traditional Chinese poem has been published in various versions of children's books. In that time frame the story has changed a little. In the movie, Mulan takes her dad’s armor, and her horse and leaves to go fight in the army. In the poem, Mulan has to go and buy all of her stuff like her horse, armor, saddle and things she need. “On every scroll there’s Father’s name, father has no grown-up son, Mulan has no elder brother. I want to buy a saddle and horse, and serve in the army in Father’s place.” (“Ballad” 12-16). In the movie, Mulan had everything so she didn’t have to go and buy everything from different places. The movie did this because they didn’t need to add that detail. It didn’t take away from the storyline nor did it have great value to the story having it in there. They didn’t need to add it so they
Robin Hood was about men coming from rags to riches. He was first written in a criminal stealing from the rich and feeding the poor. Robin Hood becomes a philanthropic which is a person who promotes the welfare of others, he protects the innocent against increasingly aggressive villains. Robin hood inspires people who want to be good like how Mulan empowered the women to be strong