Why Are All The Cartoon Mothers Dead Analysis

For the second example, I suggest to choose two different cartoons from the US and Soviet Union. Sarah Boxer in her essay “Why are all the cartoon mothers dead?” shows many cartoons where mother was dead either gone or useless. I took Finding Nemo (Disney/Pixar, 2003). Before the title sequence, Nemo’s mother, is eaten by a barracuda, so Nemo’s father, has to raise their kid alone. He starts out as an overprotective, humorless wreck and he faces down everything – whales, sharks’ currents. Thus father not only replace the dead mother but becomes the dependable yet adventurous parent Nemo always wanted. Dad’s magic depends on Mom’s death. The dead mother is replaced not by an evil stepmother but by a good father. Quite simply, mothers are killed