Mulan Essay

Draft Ricky Martin once said, “Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Ghandi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.” Almost anyone can be a hero, as long as they have the courage and the maturity to understand and respect those who they attempt to help. Despite the fact that a hero cannot save everyone, being heroic

The Disney Princess streak was created in 2001 as publicity and advertising campaign directed toward girls (Orenstein 2006). The first of the Disney Princess movies was released in 1937, A very popular marketing franchise has strengthened the popularity of the Disney Princess line (Disney Princess 2010). The marketing campaign wants to attract girls with the ultimate goal of encouraging children to personally identify with the characters so they will buy the related items (Do Rozario 2004). Disney

Did you know that Princess Bubblegum and Marceline (Adventure Time) once dated? And Bugs Bunny crossed-dressed as a drag queen, showing his queer potential? There are more cartoons on screen, especially ones targeted for children, which have Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) characters. In the past, people thought of the idea of LGBTQ as an “immoral”, a “disease” or a “crime”, and they were afraid back then to express their thoughts and feelings about this. The current generation

that love takes time. Belle and the Beast do not initially get along, but instead, grow to understand each other. They learn from each other and show patience in developing the relationship leading up to their marriage (The Artifice). Conversely, Mulan does not even get married during her movie and chooses to fall in love with her suitor through a dating relationship first (Johnson). Ironically, the most current princess movie, Frozen, mentions this idea of love over time when Elsa advises her sister

‘Orientalism’ is Westerners have stereotypical misconceptions about Easterners. It has been presented throughout all types of both literatures and media for centuries. The Disney films are the media that has been present ‘Orientalism.’ ‘Orientalism’ has also displayed itself within the Disney films in order to create for the entertainment of the audiences especially the children. However, there are still issues especially the stereotyped characters and settings of the East within these films. For

never popular until his album “I Don’t Speak the Language” came out. It was released in 1983 on Private-1 and Epic. It was notable for “Break My Stride”. He sings the genres alternative/rock. He also lent his singing voice to Disney for their movie Mulan. His album “I Don’t Speak the Language” featured vocals, the synthesizer, and the guitar. Matthew Wilder was born on January 24, 1953, and he lived in NYC. “I Don’t Speak the Language”, which was released in 1983, reached the number 49 spot on the

Growing up, I watched a fair amount of television. Being the late 1990s and early 2000s, some of my favorites included Sesame Street, The Rugrats, Veggie Tales, and Little Bill. All of which, starred mostly male characters. At the time, I didn’t think much of it; it made sense for boys to be the stars. All of my teddy bears had boy names, the gender neutral characters in my books were boys, and I even called my female cat a boy. It wasn’t until later when I became more educated on gender inequality

Once upon a time, but not quite so far away, there were fairy tales; stories written to entertain and teach lessons to the adults of their era. As time passed, these stories were told to younger and younger audiences until, a few centuries later, these same lessons were being taught to children. The result? A generation of women who learned to focus on their appearance instead of their strength, creativity or IQ, and a generation of men trying to find not just the fairest of them all, but the hottest

The first Disney Princess, Snow White, was introduced seventy nine years ago. It has been part of my parents generation and the fairytales that the movie is based on has been a part of my grandparents generation. Fast forward today, and the Disney franchise is only growing larger worldwide and is a part of many people’s childhood. One thing that is clear is that Disney princesses are geared toward young children. With the beautiful dresses and the handsome prince, children are entranced by the stories

Compared to their Classical era predecessors, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Mulan, and Pocahontas are stronger and braver women. Despite these improvements, Disney sends contradictory messages regarding the role of women in society. For example, in their journal article discussing the princess's traits from each era, Sam Higgs explains “Ariel’s inquisitive, exploratory nature is seen as wrong to her merfamily, and Mulan is called a “treacherous snake” and her actions deemed “the ultimate dishonor”