Preview

Stereotypes In The Movie Brave

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
777 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Stereotypes In The Movie Brave
When I was young I didn’t really like Cartoons. My favorite show as a child was Caillou. When I use to watch Caillou I never really thought about stereotypes. I just appreciated it like a normal child would. Mostly everything we read or watch we see stereotypes. Many people think that Movies, Cartoons, and Magazines are just for fun, but that isn’t the case. Whatever we are reading or watching they want us to get a message. By watching the movies Mulan, Moana, and Brave I saw that women can accomplish anything by themselves.

In the movie Mulan, is a girl who wants to save China. Her dad is supposed to leave, but he was injured so she volunteered for him. Mulan wants to make her family proud, so she joined the army. She trained with the other
…show more content…
The character's name is Merida, and she is a princess. Her goal is to stop her mom from making her get married. Three suitors came to ask for her hand, but they had to throw the arrow on the target. Whoever got the highest score would get Merida. Once they were all done Merida grabbed the arrow and shot it. The queen ordered her to stop, but she didn’t. Merida won and now she didn’t have to marry anyone. Sadly, Merida ran away, but she found a cottage with a witch inside. Merida asked the witch to change her mother. The witch gave her a spell cake. Instead of the spell changing her mom's mind, it changed her into a bear. Merida had to sneak her mom in the castle, but then her father came in the room after she sneaked her mom into the castle. He kicked the bear out, but it knocked him down. Merida tried telling him it was his wife, but he didn’t believe her. She went on her horse and took her mom and little brothers with her. She cried on the bear, which is her mom. The next morning she woke up she noticed someone touching her hair. It was her mom. She was very happy. Merida turned her mom back into human. Her mom turned back into human because of the love she had for her. Younger girls could learn that they can accomplish anything not just

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Satisfactory Essays

    In the moment that she saw her mother's face disappointment when she failed to succeed a certain event the daughter felt dying. She realized that she needs another purpose to live not only my being an obedient daughter and by not fulfilling…

    • 273 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    As soon as her baby came out of her, they went to clean it up. But when it was all cleaned, dressed and wrapped up in a blanket, a nursed asked her if she wanted to see the baby one last time and Rydel slowly took it into her…

    • 1115 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    In the 2004 film Crash, writer and director Paul Haggis presents a complex story that intertwines characters of differentiating races, ethnicities, cultures, genders, and socio-economic backgrounds. It explores the controversial topics of stereotypical racial clashes and cultural diversity in the American society. The plot takes the viewer on a 36 hour, voyeuristic journey into the lives of whites, blacks, Latinos, Koreans, Iranians, cops, and criminals, both upper and lower class. Haggis showcases characters that cross paths revealing the various complexities of the prejudices and racisms that are ingrained in interrelationships.…

    • 1822 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Birdsong Table

    • 338 Words
    • 2 Pages

    | She loses not only her stepmother but her mother too.She thought she was older than she was when she felt attracted to Stephen by the lake instead it scared her.…

    • 338 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton, is a coming-of-age story that compels readers to question society’s stereotyping of people and expresses the need for people to always have hope. Based on two rival teenage gangs, the poor, east-side Greasers, and the rich, west-side Socials (Socs), The Outsiders is told through the eyes of sensitive, 14-year-old Greaser, Ponyboy Curtis. The novel explores the choices people make when faced with adversity, sending an important message to readers that everyone is an individual, regardless of their background. The characters of Ponyboy and Dallas ‘Dally’ Winston, a hardened and damaged Greaser, are vital to this message and they also play key roles in portraying the book’s fundamental theme that even the most…

    • 1106 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Have you ever wondered what people think of you well I think most people have. What are stereotypes, According to Dictionary.com stereotypes are defined as, “A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.” We treat people they way we do because of stereotypes. In the book The Outsiders, by SE Hinton, you see stereotypes.…

    • 183 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    “Not so our captors. They could have been halftime-show cheerleaders on the Super Bowl. They looked Ameican in a way I couldn’t exactly define. Good jawlines, short, neat haircuts that weren't quite military. They came in white and brown, male and female, and smiled freely at one another as they sat down at the other end of the truck, joking and drinking coffee out of go-cups.…

    • 714 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    river and washes her face and she thought about her mother. She admits she was carrying her…

    • 1669 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Mulan Essay

    • 943 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Ancient Chinese philosophies, which are still present today, played a huge role in the film and were accurately utilized in advancing the plot. At the beginning of the film, upon the emperor learning of the Hun’s invasion, the general suggested that the army move to protect the emperor’s city. He refused, and ordered that the army move out to protect his people. According to the ideas of Confucianism, one of the key relationships is that of the ruler and his subjects. The ruler must always protect and serve them. With this in mind, the emperor prioritized the safety of his subjects over his own. Confucianism is also very clear about the place of women in society. Women are to stay in the house and quietly raise children and always be obedient towards her husband and father. Mulan defied all of these rules as she took her father’s place in the army. Later, she found that everyone trusted and listened to her while she was under the guise of a man, but as soon as her true identity was revealed, her captain refused to listen to her. This accurately portrays the Confucian idea that women are inferior to men and don’t belong in positions of power. Confucianism wasn’t the only philosophy present in Mulan, but Daoism as well. Two instances where Daoism is visible is during the training scene, and where the emperor refuses to bow to Shan Yu. During the song…

    • 943 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    She continued to be a part of her own family. If her husband was too lazy to provide for their large families or abused her or their family she could divorce him. To divorce her husband she has to call upon witnesses. In front of the witnesses she first divorces the husband at the front door and again at the couple’s bed. Babies and Toddlers in divorced families immediately stayed with their mother.…

    • 983 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The film Black Swan presents the story of Nina Sayers, a professional dancer in a prestigious New York ballet troupe who’s tasked with the leading role in an upcoming production. She’s expected to convey two opposing personas--the delicate, innocent white swan and the wild, seductive black swan--simultaneously, and while she had no issue with the white swan, she found the character of the black swan incredibly difficult to relate to. Under extreme pressure from both her artistic director and herself to fit the role, Nina’s psyche broke down as she tried to develop a darker personality; she started to have hallucinatory episodes, and, in such episodes, self harmed and eventually stabbed herself. Judging from her portrayal in the movie, Nina…

    • 198 Words
    • 1 Page
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Mulan

    • 692 Words
    • 3 Pages

    To restore her family’s honor and to keep her disabled father from going to war, Mulan disguises herself as a boy and joins the Chinese army(Disney‘s Mulan).…

    • 692 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    She cut her long, black silky hair just short enough to still be able to put it in a top-knot. The only thing she left her father as was…

    • 894 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Best Essays

    Set in ancient China, Mulan is the retelling of a Chinese folktale regarding a young woman named Fa Mulan who struggles to construct her identity amidst the confines of a highly traditional family and culture. When the Huns from Mongolia invade China, one man from every family is called to serve in the Imperial Army. Fearful that her father, still wounded from prior battle, would not survive another wartime, Mulan poses as a man to take his place in military service. With the help of the dragon Mushu, a once sacred guardian inadvertently sent by Mulan’s ancestors to bring her home, Mulan ultimately not only saves the life of her father but all of China as well. Though mostly a heroine’s tale of bravery and perseverance, Mulan is entwined with references towards religion and spirituality.…

    • 1726 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Best Essays
  • Good Essays

    Women are portrayed as quiet, obedient, beautiful, and fragile, and therefore, not fit for war. For example, Yao implies that women are helpless with his statement, “And there’s nothing you girls can do about it.” Another man who consistently puts down women is Chi-Fu. He acts defensive when he teased that he squeals like a girl, and that comment itself is constructed as an insult. Chi-Fu brushes off the fact that Mulan saved Shang and killed most of the Huns simply because it is revealed that she is a woman: “I knew there was something wrong with you. A woman! Treacherous snake.” Chi-Fu declares that women have no real value after Shang defends Mulan’s title as a hero. Furthermore, the soldiers sing a song about the girl who is worth going to battle for. They talk about her physical appearance, her admiration of his body and strength, her cooking skills, and her resolution that he is perfect. Even Mushu joins in by whistling at the women who work in the rice patty fields. Mulan counters these expectations by suggesting a girl who has a brain and speaks her mind, and they all respond with “nah.” Mushu constantly reminds Mulan that she is a woman and implies that she cannot do anything because of that fact. According to him, he’s the one who is teaching her how to act like a man and thus keeping her alive; however, everything that Mushu teaches her usually backfires and creates tension…

    • 1604 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays