The Ballad Of Mulan And Mui Slays The Serpent

Starting from the common characteristics of the three stories, they all focus on a female protagonist of the upper-middle class of the old family. Yet they differ greatly in dealing with how they face the new world. Ling Shuhua’s two stories serve as an interesting comparison to each other. While “The

Narratives are written in relation to a particular society, sometimes within the natural order of it and sometimes outside of it. The Ballad of Mulan displays how a female protagonist goes against the normal duties of a female and becomes a heroine. The normal duties of both male and female are subjective to the time period and society in The Ballad of Mulan. In many ways, this non-western ballad follows the critical lens from Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero’s Journey” extremely well.

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.” - Mark Twain. To be courageous means being a risk-taker and standing up for what one believe in. One must not let fear stop them from overcoming an obstacle. Courage is the ability to act on one's beliefs despite the dangers or disapproval. Courage shows when one acts on their beliefs whether someone feels that it’s right or wrong. Being courageous means to have the ability to face a fear, pain, or a difficult challenge. It means to conquer fear. Three great examples of bravery and heroism was shown in the Civil Rights Movement by Rosa Parks, in World War 2 by the Monuments Men and Robert M. Edsel, and by former First Lady, Michelle Obama. Their involvement in the world set the bar for people on why having courage is important and what it means to me.

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

Courage is something humans are not born with, rather a trait that is developed through time. In order to truly be courageous, one must know how to handle the challenges that we get faced with in life and try to get through them. Courage is also about taking risks, taking yourself out of your comfort zone, and making the effort to try and do everything you can. At times this can even mean sacrifice to a certain extent, especially for someone you care for. Mulan is

Mulan is a Disney animated film that takes place in ancient China during Han Dynasty War. Mulan is a young girl in China, the only child of her honored family who struggles to find her identity and meaning in society. While Mulan is a lovable, spirited girl who doesn’t fit in with Chinese tradition because she speaks her mind and follow her heart. Being a girl who experience culture, gender role, and self-image demonstrated what a non- tradition person will do to bring honor to her love one’s and the family.

She did not deliver fear, but actually experienced it. Though women were thought in these times to be naturally less intelligent than men, Chi Li displays intelligence and cunning in her battle preparations. In addition to the serpent-hound and sword from the officials, she prepares a sack of sweet rice balls. She uses these special rice balls as bait to lure the serpent out of his lair. Though she is shocked the first time she beholds the huge Yung serpent, Chi Li nonetheless remains focused on the task at hand. She encourages herself to be strategic, saying “Watch the serpent closely so that you will know when to proceed with the next step!” (Rosenberg

Mulan is an animated film that was released in 1998 from Disney during third wave feminism, which features an Asian woman protagonist. She is a Disney princess, but at first glance you wouldn’t think so. Mulan is introduced as a clumsy tomboy who did not think she would ever bring honor to her family. In order to accomplish said honor, she would have to by being the perfect bride, in accordance with the matchmaker. The film has a great amount of feminist ideals, however, it doesn’t leave out stereotypical gender roles and several examples of overdetermined ideologies. Patriarchy is very prevalent in this film, from the woman characters positions, down to the songs they sing throughout the film, patriarchy is a theme that cannot be missed. This paper will discuss how feminine and masculine stereotypes are conveyed in the film, how gender stereotypes are portrayed, and of the patriarchal themes included in the film.

This week the author I read about that caught my attention was Arundhati Roy and the story of “Chi Li Slays the Serpent” also caught my eye. The two stories are alike because of their heroism about the situations they faced in the stories that I read. They knew there would be a fight of a lifetime and they were prepared to face any consequences that came with the territory. “The monster conquered you because you were too timid to put up a fight! How pitiful!” That was one of the quotes from the story that really grabbed my attention to how I feel about some of the women that let certain things go on in their lives such as abuse, or being misled for a long period of time. Well that was a short story and not enough to write about so in further reading I hope you enjoy the reading.

Jack shows bravery by taking on the manly task of being the hunter-gatherer. When Jack goes on the hunt for the pig it shows he is brave. Even though Jack does not know and may fear what might be in the woods to get him, he goes anyway. This shows how Jack does care for the group because he is risking his life for theirs. Ralph shows bravery when he, Jack and Roger went on the hunt to find the beast after Samneric said they had seen it. They all tossed around the idea of who would go first into Castle Rock to see about the beast. Soon after that, Ralph says “I’m chief. I’ll go. Don’t argue.” (Golding, pg 104) Bravery is shown here by not only facing their fears, but facing their fears so the others would not have to fear. The purpose of having this characteristic is helping those who are not brave survive. Some of the young boys would have been too scared to go on the hunt for the beast. This would mean they would forever be in fear about it. Brave leaders help the not so brave followers

Courage and bravery is displayed through a character’s willingness to sacrifice everything they have, or do anything they can for their loved ones, unlike Amir at the beginning of the novel, who is unable to do acts of bravery due to his cowardliness. Compared to Hassan, who completes acts of bravery regardless of what the consequences are.

Bravery is not just found in the fictional world. It was inspired by real-world acts, things that real people do for themselves and others. The people who talk about courage spread it with their words. For example, a woman, Paula Davis-Laack J.D., M.A.P.P, a writer for Psychology Today, explains in her article “Let’s Teach Girls to be Brave, not Perfect.”, that “Women have been socialized to be people pleasers, to not rock the boat, to be perfect, and this socialization has downstream consequences. Bravery requires something different: a growth mindset, resilience, and vulnerability and self-compassion.” (Davis-Laack). Of course, this could apply to anyone, but society has stereotyped this necessary trait badly. Fortitude does not discriminate anyone based on race, gender, ability, or anything on that matter. Another article in Psychology Today, this one titled “A Surprising New Definition of Bravery”, by Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., does quote in her article “We can’t evaluate courage from the outside because courage comes from the inside.” (Lerner). This is agreeable because there are some people who take charge, and try

Courage is everywhere, even if it’s not known worldwide. As for in Madeleine L’Engle’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’, courage is considered to be exceptionally significant as it raises the awareness to trust in the people close to you. Everyone doubts themselves at a point in their life, but overcoming that unresolved issue with yourself is important. Sometimes just staying true to yourself is the best thing you can do, just as Meg held on to her father and believed with all her heart that he’s still out there and will come back to their family even as all hope seemed lost. That indicated Meg being a strong hearted person. Meg was courageous when she trusted her friends, even when the situation was turning against their favour most of the time. This

Love them or hate them Disney princess movies, time and time again inspire little girls to want to be just like them. So many people criticize these movies and say they aren’t the best influence on little girls. Why do people criticize these movies so much? These movies have a very inspirational narrative for young girls. Every Disney Princess movie is telling a consensus narrative using a variety of cultures, of young girls coming of age.

In the time that Mulan lived, estimated to be the Wei Dynasty women were not held to the same standards that they are now. The were to be silent unless spoken