Religion In Mulan

In Confucianism, it was expected that a woman should always be correct in manner and upright in character, and that by following these traits, she could bring honor to her family. One of the first scenes in the beginning of the film has Mulan preparing to impress the matchmaker. During this process, the servants sing of the right traits a proper woman should possess, such as “calm” and “obedient”. For followers of Confucianism, woman must always speak appropriately and with respect, especially towards elders and men. In the movie, Mulan’s father walks outside of his home and is commanded by the emperor’s soldiers to join the war effort against the Huns. Concerned for the wellbeing of her father, Mulan talks back to the presumably older male soldiers, begging them to allow her father not to fight. Although Mulan does the exact opposite of what a Confucian follower should do, Chi-fu’s scolding towards Mulan’s father, as well as the latter’s disappointed reaction provides the movie with historical accuracy concerning the expectation of womanly behavior. A final example of the expectation of womanly behavior is the scene in the alps, when it is revealed to the soldiers that “Ping” has secretly been a woman all along. The reaction from the men is one of disgust and anger, which is a fit reaction because, according to Confucian values, women are supposed to work at

It is important that we never forget that “all things are possible through God” even uniting and healing broken nations. This movie showed me the importance of inviting God to everything we do and to keeping our eyes on Him instead of what we see on the news. Healing will take place when “God shows

Arabia to Islam. All practicing Muslims accept belief in the ‘Six Articles of Faith’ and are

is he? I believe Aslan represents God, because they share some similarities, but they do have

Prayer is an essential to any kind of religious faith. Over the years and years of believing in a higher power,

They would pray for safety, and that they would make progress to get closer to Utah. They would pray throughout the day too. A lot of their prayers, were that people would survive to see the Salt Lake Valley. There were thousands of people dying, and many were doubtful that no one was going to make it. But over five thousand made it to the Salt Lake Valley. There was a young women that was promised by one of the priests that pulled her handcart, that she would make it to “Zion”. When she made it, she was very sick, and was not sure that she would live. In the end, she lived, but both of her legs were amputated. She lived to be fifty years old, and with a family, and a strong testimony in the

Shamanism and ancestor reverence are key religions of the Chinese. Shamans are spiritual healers who call on spirits while they are dreaming to relieve an individual from uncertainty or cure an individual from a disease (Laughlin & Rock, 2014). Shamans are seen as elders of the Chinese community and are respected for the tremendous healing power they have on others. Furthermore, ancestor reverence is the respect many younger generations have for their

Praying every night for Mr. Pirzada’s family. Lilia is praying for Mr. Pirzada’s family. This prepares the readers by letting them know even though Lilia doesn't know how to pray she still tries to pray for Mr. Pirzada’s family. “I prayed that Mr. Pirzada’s family was safe and sound. I had never prayed for anything before, had never been taught or told to, but I decided.” (Lahiri 4). Not many people know how to pray but that doesn’t mean one can’t pray. Anyone can learn to pray if they try. With the quote the readers will be prepared to know that even though Lilia has never been taught to pray. She learns herself. Lilia began to pray for Mr. Pirzada’s family when she heard that many people were getting killed in India because they were going to war with Pakistan. While craving the pumpkin the news was on. Mr. Pirzada, Lilia and her parents weren’t paying attention to the news because they were craving the pumpkin. After hearing India and Pakistan were going to war Mr. Pirzada was shocked. Lilia knew Mr. Pirzada was worry for his family since they were going to war. So every night Lilia prayed for his family hoping

C.S. Lewis often includes various religious allegories in many of novels but especially in The Chronicles of Narnia series. Throughout The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe we see many situations in which Aslan is representative of Jesus Christ. From the other characters’ descriptions of him, to the Pevensie children’s first encounter with him, to his torture, death and resurrection, Aslan is clearly meant to serve as the Jesus Christ of an alternate universe. He is the one who saves Narnia from the cold tyranny of Jadis and brings together the Pevensie children as the new kings and queens of Narnia.

The idea of feminism has not always been common. The term “feminism” wasn’t introduced until the 1970s. This shows how society didn’t allow anything that had to due with everyone being equal because of the standards that society constructed. In all the versions of Mulan, I think that Disney’s Mulan was the most strict on her having Ancient China’s role of being a woman. This would be having kids, helping clean around the house and not working for money, but working for her husband and kids. In Disney’s Mulan, her family is more hard on her to be a lady and for her to be the proper role of a women. This is because they went to a “matchmaker” to find her husband, and after saving everyone several times, she was still looked down upon because she was a woman.

The Mursi woman and her village are not completely showing the tourists their authentic culture as the woman makes it evident that they dress in an almost completely different way when the tourists come. However, they in part are still showing the visitors their culture as they cannot change things such as how their homes are built and what they do for work simply because people are coming to visit. Part of their culture must shine through no matter how hard they

if that is bad enough, Mulan’s unintelligent and socially awkward sidekicks serve as comedic function, which alters the authenticity of the film and offended many Chinese viewers. Disney’s production team really dropped the ball when they decided to have Mulan tote around a sidekick cricket for good luck, because crickets are not considered good luck in Chinese culture and therefor they once again negatively affected the authenticity of the film, which unknowingly offended many Chinese people (Amy, 53).

Besides all the awards and the technology this movie has presented, the clear depiction of Orientalism idea in this movie becomes the main reason Avatar is chosen to be the subject of this study. The plot of this movie tells about the exploitation done by human towards Planet Pandora, the place in which the valuable mineral can be obtained. In that place, human has to face and overcome the struggle of the native called Na’vi who opposes the land exploitation. Human scientists invent the avatar program which enables human to drive their avatar body, a genetically-bred human-Na’vi hybrid, and therefore human can freely observes and persuades the native to surrender their land. Here, the idea of Orientalism clearly depicted in the way human represents the native as primitive and uncivilized and how human tries to educate and build the native in the way human believes to be the best way.

The actions performed by Mulan clearly shows how Confucianism is not portrayed in this movie. Finally, when the Huns kidnaped the emperor, Captain Shang tried to break in through the main gates by smashing it with a statue. Mulan being as clever as she was, thought of an elaborate plan that would get them into the palace and save the emperor. After thinking about this plan she immediately took charge and ordered men to carry out this plan with her. The saying “A woman's duty is not to control or take charge.” is being contradicted by Mulan’s actions.

A religious family in the story Why I am a Pagan by Zitkala-sa, talks about how this little girl was taught certain things that her family has always gone by. What she was taught, she now holds close to her life dearly, while also relying on it every moment of the day. Her life shows us a different view on cultural identity, how she was taught something important not only to her, but in everyone else’s as well. By showing her what the kind of men in her life mean the most to her. She says something about her religion, how it reflects her past, present, and future, along with what she stands for. She says, “I was taught long years ago by kind missionaries to read the holy book, these godly men taught me also the folly of our old beliefs.” (Zitkala-sa 2) In her culture, and