Moana
Moana is the daughter of the chief who leads a Polynesian tribe. The tribe lived on an island which the people survived from. Islanders used what they had on the island to survive. Moana’s father and mother raise her to one day lead her people. As a tribe, they made baskets from the leaf, drink the water from the coconuts, and fished within the rife for food to eat. The chief showed his daughter how to take on the responsibility. If she could she lead her people successfully she would put her stone on the mountain. This was an ancient ritual passed down from the chiefs who came before them. Moana knew the task that lied ahead, but Moana was a daring and strong-willed teenager who want to sail the ocean. Going beyond the rife was forbidden for all islanders, due to the chiefs past experience. Moana had a passion for the ocean and was chosen by the ocean to reunite a small greenstone. Her Grandmother, Tala also felt her passion and knew her calling as she would tell the tale of the heart of Te Fiti to all the young children. Moana was able to share her feelings with her grandmother as she was someone who was very sacred to her heart. Tala showed her a secret cave, and told her to go in and bang the drums. Inside she found boats and discovered the history of her ancestors were voyagers. Her grandmother explains why they stopped voyaging, due to Maui stealing the sacred heart which the heart would create life between the islands. She also tells Moana the Te Ka’s darkness
She has dreams and hallucinations about the boy’s death. As soon as Vera steps onto the island, she begins to think, “The sea. . . So peaceful today – sometimes so cruel. . . The sea dragged you down to its depths. Drowned. . .
I have chose to write my final discussion on the newest Disney movie Moanna. Moanna was the classic example of someone going through the Heros Journey. Although she already is held higher than most though because she is the daughter of the chief, so ultimately the next leader. She always longing for more. Her grandmother is the one that pushes her to go follow her heart, When the tribe is in trouble Moanna goes to the call of the journey to find Maui who is a shapeshifter. Maui was all about himself and did not care to help Monna help her tribe. Monna ends up helping Maui when he needs it the most, he teaches her how to sail and continue their journey. They are defeated though by a monster. Maui goes on about his way and Moanna is lost. Defeated
Moana contains many themes connected to the idea that nature is an escape from corrupt society. For example, Moana faces many problems on her island, such as the fear she will not make her father proud as the next chief, and the physical problems with the island not producing enough food to sustain its citizens. Therefore, Moana will often escape to the beach to be with her grandmother, who taught her to “dance” with the waves (Moana 2016). Moana uses the ocean as an escape from her problems in her home, and her society which does not accept her love for the ocean. Such a belief that nature can be an escape from problems is very transcendentalist. Next, Moana has to travel across the ocean to achieve her goal of restoring the heart of Te Fiti and saving her island. The ocean actually
Moana is unsure of her future as the island leader, which is why she feels that she must risk her life to prove to herself that she is good enough. Her father’s insistence on her staying on the island combined with her dream to explore the waters, pulls her in different directions during the phase, The Ordinary World. To demonstrate her desire to explore she says, “See that line where the sky meets the sea, it calls me.” She is challenged by the feeling of unworthiness to become her people’s savior, and she struggles to recognize her self worth. To further lower her self-esteem, she fails at sailing the first time she sets off into the ocean and gets injured while trying to save Hei Hei and her own life during the phase, Refusal of the Call. The death of Tala, Moana´s grandmother, was a heartbreaking moment in Moana´s life. Before her death, Tala becomes Moana’s mentor when she encourages Moana to save her people and promises that she will always be by her granddaughter’s side. Tala fulfills the role of the mentor during the Meeting of the Mentor stage. She gives her the Heart of Tafiti and sends Moana on her way towards the stone’s destined resting place. This has been the encouragement Moana needed to begin her journey beyond the reef. This psychological warfare ultimately leads her to set off into the ocean without even knowing how to sail. She is entering an
It seems like every passing day there is a shadow that is after me. I’m left with parts of me eaten away and left my mind corrupted from its everyday thoughts. The darkness steadily dissolves me away from the eyes that are known to be inquisitive. The burden that was left on me has more pressure than I expected for what i have completed. I discovered that revenge is made to be short lived. What i did was completely horrifying. The inferior thing is that I was able to acquire with my crime. It doesn’t matter what time it is, everyday there will always be a small voice in my head reminding me of the defenseless cries performed by fortunato. The man that I caused to perish, immersed in the catacombs. A month has passed since fortunato's disappearance, and the town still wonders where he has disappeared to. Examining the difficulty of mourning families caused me to really think, specifically today. The events leading up to fortunato's death played in my mind like a movie. It sends me back to the time when I was young and no one loved me, including my mother. When fortunato entered my life he made a big mistake which ended him in misery.
Close your eyes and imagine this: an immense ocean, stretching far and wide, and when you look down, nothing but deep blue. Now imagine looking out into the sky, and seeing the faint outline of land rising in the horizon. These are the Hawaiian Islands. As you get closer, it looks like you’re seeing dark heads poking out of the water. As you arrive even closer so that the individual fronds of the palm trees are visible, you realize that they are actually dark heads popping out of the water. For a second, you almost believe that they could be mermaids, but in fact, it turns out that they are the women of Hawaii coming out to welcome you with song! Welcome to Liliuokalani’s world.
Pele was among the first voyagers to come to Hawaii. Her older sister, who was upset because she had seduced her husband, pursued her. Pele first landed in Kau’i. Every time she would thrust her digging stick into earth to dig a pit for her home, Na-maka-o-kaha’I, the goddess of water and the sea, would flood it. Pele went from island to island until she finally made it to the Big Island’s Mauna Loa. Mauna Loa is considered the tallest mountain on earth when measured from its base at the bottom of the ocean. Even the goddess of water couldn’t flood it and drown Pele’s fire. Pele established her home on its slopes there. She then welcomed her brothers. A cliff near Kilauea Mountain is sacred to Ka-moho-ali’I, king of the sharks, her oldest brother. He is also the keeper of the gourd that held the water of life, so he has the power to revive the dead. Kane-hekili appears as thunder, Ka-poho-i-kahi-ola appears as explosions, Ke-ua-a-kepo appears as showers of fire, and Ke-o-ahi-kama-kaua appears in spears of lava during eruptions. Pele favored her youngest sister Hi’aka. It is said that Hi’iaka hatched from an egg that Pele kept warm in her armpit during her canoe ride to the islands. After Hi’iaka grew up, Pele traveled to the north shore of Kaua’I to watch a dance performance at a pahula. Pele transformed into a beautiful young woman and fell in love with a young chief named Lohi’au. Soon after, her spirit had to return to her sleeping body. After she woke up, she sent Hi’iaka to convince the chief to come to her. The sisters made vows to each other. Lohiau had died of grief after Pele disappeared, but her younger sister was able to bring him back to life. Forty days had passed and Pele got suspicious. She thought she had been betrayed and sent lava into Hi’iaka’s grove. It killed the chief in the process. However, Kane-milo-hai reached out and caught his spirit and restored it to his body. Hi’iaka and
She lives on the island with her friend and her family. Everyone believes that they have to stay where they are. if they venture out forth beyond this island, certain death is certainly going to be involved. However, she sets on an adventure on the ocean to Maui. Her destiny is wrapped up in her identity and the impulse is at her core. When the first time we see her as a baby, she is fascinated with the water drawn to it and not afraid like her peers. In fact, she helps one of the its creatures a tiny sea turtles get into the water where it belongs. This is what she does for her people as well. She is leading to her people to get a place where they belong. As Moana grows up, we see her constantly returning to the water, but her father forbids her to venture out, but she begins her path to discover true identify and the destiny that goes along with it. Even though, she faces many obstacle, she saves her people because her grandmother reminds her to listen the voices inside her, and she trusts in herself in the path that has been laid out for
He had to find his way back to his home village and not realizing he was forming a group and he was the leader. In the end, people were chosen to be shipped out to the United States and off he went to New York city, until he got a call informing him that his dad was alive and well. In the 2008 a girl by the name of Nya had to fetch water every day for 365 days a year. One day her mom suggested that she should take her sister and teach her how to fetch water. At the pond her sister had a drink of water. The family packed up their things and headed to a doctor and the reason she got sick was because the water was dirty. A new person came into the village and had reason to believe that there is fresh water. Fortunately he was correct so Nya and her entire village had fresh water to
It represents the boundary the family has to cross the get freedom. As they cross the ocean on the boat, they make the first step to freedom. Also, Mai gets her freedom in the water, “She is weightless.She is free. She is smiling as she opens herself to the waters and breathes in eternity”. She fails to go chase the freedom with her family, but she gets her eternal freedom in the water.
At first Kaia did not want to work with the Navy, she had her own project to do; to break the communication barrier between dolphins and humans. Kaia was upset with the Navy Lieutenant for taking her project away, but as the days rolled on working with this man, she suddenly realized how much fun (and dangerous) it truly was and, more shockingly, how she had developed feelings for him.
For assignment two, I have chosen the Disney movie Moana. Moana is a 3-D computer animated musical fantasy adventure film. The film music was composed by Mark Mancina, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa’I. Moana was released in November of twenty sixteen, the movie takes place in Polynesia Islands of Motunui, Moana is chosen by the Ocean to return the heart of Te Fiti, but her father forbids her from going near the ocean. After Moana grows older, she sets out on her own to find Maui the shape shifting demi-God who stole the heart of Te, Fiti to help her sail across the ocean to return the heart and save her Island. The scene that I have chosen for this assignment is the scene where Moana. Sings the “who you are” song to Te
The inspiration young girls may gather from the movie poster is amplified by the text above Moana’s head. “Brave Like the Sea.” This text implies that Moana is as brave as the sea, something not often portrayed by other advertisements. “Brave” is a word often applied to males only, leaving females completely out of the narrative that they could ever exhibit this trait. However, this poster flips the switch and boldly states that a female is capable of being brave, and provides a strong example for the audience.
In the Disney movie, “Moana,” the main character demonstrates her personal strength as a woman capable of determining her own future. “Moana” breaks the typical Disney mold of a princess being associated with a prince as the main character. Moana realizes she has the sole power within herself to take the lead role to save her village by returning the Heart of Te Fiti. The Heart of Te Fiti is what gives the world and most importantly her people’s island life. When the Heart of Te Fiti was stolen by demi-god Maui the world fell to darkness and the island began to deteriorate. The pop culture aspect of female empowerment is exemplified in the scene where Moana is visited by her deceased grandmother, Gramma Tala, after a moment of self-doubt about being able to return the Heart of Te Fiti in order to save her people and island. In the scene Gramma Tala is deceased but visits Moana in the form of a vision. Moana envisions her people sailing the sea and her father upon one of the ships. Moana was struggling with finding her inner self and utilizes her visit from Gramma Tala, to acknowledge her self-power. In the movie Moana, the “I am Moana” scene exemplifies the current cultural theme of female empowerment being actualized when the main character, Moana realizes her own inner strength after understanding her cultural heritage, receiving inspiration from her grandmother, and embracing her role in building her future.
There are many fairy tales out there and they all focus in teaching many of the different life lessons. Honestly, I was never the fairy tale reading type just because I really did not read much as a child. There was a couple fairy tales I became familiar with because I have two younger siblings. They really enjoyed watching these two fairy tale’s movies, which were Cinderella and The Little Mermaid. Since these are the only fairy tales that I can say I’m familiar with these will be the ones that I will be discussing further. In these fairy tales, there are two very important lessons to be learned. In Cinderella fairy tale, the lesson to be learned is that even when faced with the worst behavior from other people and the fact that you