James Cameron: The Fantasy World Of Pandora

Like the Europeans came to North America for fur trading and the land, the humans in the movie came to Pandora for unobtanium. At the core, both expeditions were for money. Aboriginal children were kidnapped and put into residential schools, where they could not speak their language, practice religion, or wear traditional clothing due to the fear of being reprimanded. The motive was to integrate them into the European society and reduce opposition against the European lifestyle and views. In Avatar, the Na’vi children attended residential schools where they had to learn English and the human ways. Sylwanin, Neytiri’s sister, was shot in Grace’s school after lighting a bulldozer on fire with some other hunters. In contrast to the residential schools the Aboriginals had to attend, the school for the Na’vi was a nicer environment, as Grace was in Pandora to learn rather than to reform like the Europeans. Later in the movie, the Na’vi of the land were forcibly relocated by the RDA (the military unit), like the Aboriginals were in Canada through the treaties and movement onto reserves. In the movie, the RDA bulldozes the Hometree, led by Colonel Miles Quaritch, and the Na’vi lose their home. Lastly, the RDA does not refrain from dehumanizing the Na’vi, calling them “savages”, which is exactly what Aboriginals were called, and a variety of slurs pointing out their blue skin, which can be compared to how the Aboriginals were called “red

Pandora is the story of a beautiful girl made of clay. The gods made her curious. This was part of their plan to punish two brothers that had stolen fire from them. Who knew it was so bad to be curious!

As the spiritual leader, Mo’at was the moral compass of her clan and tasked with leading her people to understand their connection to Eywa the goddess of Pandora. The spiritual connection to Eywa may likely be how the Na’vi as a race explain their neural connection to the flora and fauna found on the moon of Pandora. This connection to most life on Pandora has shaped the beliefs of the Na’vi to create a way of life dedicated to harmony with the environment.

Before I dive into the specifics of the worldviews presented, and the scenes in which they come alive, I want to have a clear understanding of the movie’s plot and characters. Like mentioned earlier, the movie takes place in 2145 on the planet Pandora. The plot revolves around a research team, employed by a wealthy corporation, and escorted by military, to retrieve minerals and other resources from the planet Pandora. Pandora is filled with blue sinned natives called, the Na’vi. The research time has developed a type of technology that splices human DNA and Na-vi DNA to create a Na-vi body without consciousness. This allows the main character, Jake, a crippled marine, to consciously enter the body of his Na-vi like a virtual video game. Jake is able to see, touch, smell and experience Pandora like the natives do. This experience is exactly what the fat corporation needs as they want Jake to be

He compares and contrast on how environmentalists have mislead society into thinking that we as a race are doomed. He states that environmentalists argue that Earth is currently facing lot of environmental concerns and that our raw materials are becoming more and more scarce. Environmental problems like global warming, animal extinction, air and water pollution, waste buildup, and many more affect mankind. And also the degrading of our planet has increased at an alarming rate over a small time span. As a result, our actions have not been in favor of protecting the planet, so natural disasters are hitting us on a bigger than before.

Diamond opens the chapter using an ironic tone by posing a question regarding the parallels between societies such as the "Easter Islands, Henderson Islands, Anasazi, Maya, and Greenland Norse," with our current society, and then answers it as if he was a critic arguing against him. Diamond, in his ironic tone, gives examples such as, "deforestation, over harvesting wild animals sources of their protein, topsoil eroding away, building cities in dry areas, and destabilizing wars", to be the major catalyst in the collapsing of these past societies (16). Diamond 's use of irony portrays the ignorance of the "critics" knowledge of today 's societal issues, because deforestation, destabilizing wars, over harvesting, building cities in dry areas are all environmental issues

In Brian Parham’s article “There Are Multiple Threats to the Earth’s Environment,” published by The Bridge website on November 18, 2012, Parham claims that Earth’s environment is threatened by a wide variety of issues. Parham 's "There Are Multiple Threats to the Earth 's Environment" is an effective argument due to the strong uses of ethos and pathos, despite the weak use of logos.

The “Rise of ecology” was a very interesting and mind refreshing documentary film depicting the 10 different disasters that have devastated our planet. This documentary was a good teachable moment for us to take the necessary measure to ensure the safety of the citizens and the planet. The film also emphasized that we should minimize the amount to pollution that we release in to our atmosphere. We see that its always the people who suffer at the hands of major corporations who are just hungry for profits. The film mentions that these major corporations take the consequences of catastrophic events lightly. They do everything they can to increase the profits even at the expense of their own workers. The movie “Pandora” which I recently watched shares a lot of similarities to the documentary film “Rise of ecology” in a way that took me by a surprise. The movie tells a story of how human error came to cause the malfunction of a nuclear power plant causing the nation to go in to panic mode. The movie starts in an interesting way, a flashback where the main character and his friends were just children making assumptions of what the new mysterious development in their town was all about. Some of the kids responded by saying that the nuclear reactor plant was a rice cooker, another a robot and finally the little girl responded by saying that her teacher told her that “it was a box and that if it was open they would all be in trouble”.

Mckibben once again articulates his repetitive view that, “it’s a moral question, finally, if you think we owe any debt to the future.” (748). In many circumstances it is believed that if it had been done to us, we would dislike the generation that did it, just as how we will one day be disliked. The solution given in the essay on how to handle these environmental issues is to start a moral campaign. In other words, “… turn it into a political issue, just as bus boycotts began to make public the issue of race, forcing the system to respond. “ (748). As a part of the overall populist causing these issues, Mckibben understands that the hardest part about starting this moral campaign is identifying a villain to overcome. Briefly

Pollan is right in his mindset to push humanity into action in order to undo the damage we have caused, and although the most beneficial changes for the environment seem like drastic lifestyle changes, such as growing our

The youth today don’t care about the environment and feel that there is no importance in it, when there is. In the movie the outside world was their salvation when their high tech milieu was being

When the war between the Na’Vi and the human military progressed, the Na’Vis were at first very afraid and worried. The human military had just wiped out so many of their species and created a deep scar on their planet. However, Jake prayed to Eywa and begged for some sort of assistance against stopping the human military from doing more damage. I was astonished at how Jake passed through the eye of Eywa and how she listened to Jake’s prayers. This became a gigantic help for Pandora. All of the animals of Pandora and all of the Na’Vis started to became one and together they fought against the human military to save their home. This scene truly was striking, magical and captivating as well as visually appealing. It showed how powerful and strong the connection between living things on Pandora were. Moreover, it reminds and ensures us that miracles can happen only if we believe. To sum up, my favourite scene is where the animals and Na’Vis stand together and protect whats rightfully theres. This scene was definitely a key turning point of the movie and I am sure it grabbed the attention of the

First, he develops ethos by building credibility and trustworthiness. Not only is he an environmental activist, but an award winning actor as well. The notable man’s success helps appeal to audiences, because if people admire his work in the film industry, then they’ll potentially become more fascinated in his work dedicated to preserving biodiversity and supporting renewable energy. DiCaprio’s ethos is established by demonstrating that he hopes to make a difference. Additionally, he uses logical reasoning in order to appeal to logos. Quoting Abraham Lincoln in the beginning and end of his speech signifies how critical climate change is, because he makes an allusion to the Civil War. DiCaprio incorporates personal experiences into his speech as well, including impressions from some of the countries he visited. While comparing today’s struggle to those of the 19th century, the environmental activist brings to light the importance of protecting this planet. Moreover, an appeal to pathos is created by the use of vivid, emotional evidence. The audience feels sympathy and fear due to the detailed descriptions of the industrial pollution in China, the deforestation of Canada, the glaciers melting in Greenland, the flooding throughout India, and the droughts raging across the United

Ever since the beginning of humanity, we have shown that we are a curious species that is so curious one might say we want to see the mind of god. The curiosity we had for our our world led us to begin to create things and discover things that our ancestors could only dream of. Through curiosity we have discovered how to communicate from long distances, how to cure diseases that would’ve usually wiped out humanity, and how to transfer information from amongst each other. While these things that we have obtained through curiosity have been a benefit to humanity, we had to sacrifice so much to obtain these new advances. Think of it like curiosity being a tool. Tools can help to create new things that will be a benefit to whoever it was created

DiCaprio includes several appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos throughout his speech to convey that environmental problems need resolution. Although he is not a scientist, DiCaprio builds his ethos through saying, “I am not a scientist, but I don’t need to be.” He recognizes that resolving environmental damage doesn’t have to fall in the hands of only the science community. Therefore, he takes initiative by presenting himself as a concerned human being with only the thought of making the Earth cleaner. Additionally, he uses logos by stating not only facts but also bringing attention to information that should already be obvious. After talking about way to improve our environment through economy, he states, “The economy will die if our ecosystems collapse.” As the economy relies on the environment for it's resources that later facilitate trade, only a healthy environment can maintain a steady economy. In addition, DiCaprio uses pathos throughout his speech to invoke fear and guilt. Most notably in his speech, he states, “And solving this crisis is not a question of politics. It is our moral obligation...” He points out that despite knowing the Earth is changing in a negative way, people would rather choose to fight each other instead of tackle the environmental problems themselves. And as a result of the human ability’s failure to separate political views aside from bigger problems, the future generations on the Earth will