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    Finding Nemo Archetypes

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    Hero’s Journey: Finding Nemo What is the typical idea of a hero? Sure, there may be Marvel Heroes, but do they fit the archetype of a The Hero’s Journey? In the movie Finding Nemo directed by Andrew Stanton, a small fearful clownfish goes on a life changing adventure after his son had been taken by a scuba diver. Marlin’s journey has its ups and downs but it fits the pattern of the hero’s journey archetype almost perfectly. Joseph Campbell said, “A hero ventures forth from the world of common day

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    Kelly is deeply affected by Ellen’s disease. She is supportive of Ellen and wants her to get better. Kelly states that when she looks at pictures of herself at prom or graduation, she does not reflect on the good times she had but thinks about what Ellen was doing during that time, either in the hospital, in a treatment center, or at home doing well. Another strength comes from the Transformation House family. In this house, Ellen has many friends. One, in particular, she is close to is Luke.

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    Finding Nemo is a family friendly and crazy movie. The movie displays what family should do for each other and are generally willing to go through to save each other. The movie came out in mid 2003 and was a huge hit with just about every family that watched it. Finding Nemo is a great example of a hero’s journey, because the story tells us from the time that Marlin goes on his first adventure all the way to his freedom to live. To start off our story, we need to go from the beginning. Marlin and

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    Dianne is an inspirational woman who has changed the lives of many of her family members and friends. Though Dianne has gone through some tough times herself, she still keeps going and has lived an incredibly interesting life. This is the story of Dianne Oliphant-Birch, my mother and my best friend. It was a warm, sunny afternoon on December 25th, 1974 when Marion Christina Manson-Oliphant and Raymond Stanley Oliphant brought a beautiful baby girl, Dianne, into the world. It was an amazing day

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    The movies Finding Nemo and newly released movie Finding Dory brought fish to life. People instantly fell in love with these movie characters wanted their own Nemo, Marlin, and Dory, but did you ever wonder how the pet stores get the fish you buy? How did the pet stores get the fish? Some fish are captive bred, but others are caught in the wild. Is it safe to catch wild caught fish? The answer is no. most of the time it is not because people catch the fish using a poison called cyanide. This

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    In the life teaching and entertaining movie Finding Nemo, directed by Andrew stanton, and Lee Unkrich, Marlin goes through a long and interesting journey to get his son back. First of all, Marlin’s wife dies by a vicious Bear acuda. Both her and Marlin were outside of their home just talking how they would be great parents. Then all of a sudden the acuda was just staring at them like a hawk.”Coral, get inside the house, Coral. No, Coral, don't. They'll be fine. Just get inside.” Marlin’s wife’s reaction

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    Another prime example of this goes no further than a beloved Disney movie. In the 2003 movie “Finding Nemo”, it features 3 unique characters: Nemo, a young, physically disabled fish, Marlin, Nemo’s father and a fish with anxiety and PTSD, and Dory, a mentally disabled fish with short-term memory loss and no sense of direction. All 3 were portrayed as being perfectly capable of being “normal” protagonists, and none of their disabilities were played out just to make you feel sorry for them or as a

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    Finding Dory Disney’s film “Finding Nemo” was introduced in 2003 to audiences with a whole new perspective of disability not previously covered before in animated films. This film is mainly about a young clownfish named Nemo, whose mother and siblings were killed from birth due to an eel attack. Nemo is endearing to audiences not merely for his disability but because he made it a part of who he was. He did not ignore it or expect pity but he was determined to be treated like everyone else. As such

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    Both oprah winfrey and ellen degeneres are succesfful business women that have a powerful impact on society through a personal connection. They both host their own well known american tv show. Even though they have somethings in common they are still one of a kind from each other. Ellen and Oprah went through very different experiences throughout their life. Oprah's childhood was tramutic considering she dealt with sexual abouse at a yound age from people of her community and living in an unsafe

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    “Oh Dang! He said under his breath. The church is on fire! “Let's go see what the deal is.” I said jumping out. “Why? Dally sounded mad. “Get back in here before I beat your head in” I knew Dally would have to park the car and catch me before he could carry out his threat, and Johnny was already out following me, so I figuring I was safe. We could hear him cussing us out, but he wasn’t mad enough to come after us. There was a crowd at the front of the church, mainly little kids. I poked the nearest

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