The Incredibles Character Analysis

The Significant Ideas Displayed in The Incredibles The Incredibles presents familiar, yet clever ideas such as the perception of self-worth, conveying resolutions through compromise, and a controversial issue about handling violence properly. The perception of self-worth seen through the animated characters is relevant to society’s current social political status. The movies sympathetic protagonist Bob is forced into living a normal life when in reality he wants to save peoples lives. As a result, he continues his efforts to save people which causes an increasingly negative effect on his self-esteem and his family life. Bob is neglecting for his family while helping other people. This is a complicated, but understandable situation because Bob like many of us have have moral and selfish reasons for what we do. Similarly Bob’s son Dash, is forced to pretend like he’s not special so that ordinary people feel better about themselves. For instance, Dash is not allowed to participate in sports because people would discover about his superpowers. Dash’s mom Helen, always tells him to do his best, but she does not really mean it. She also tells Dash that everyone is special which confuses Dash making him believe no one is really special. Therefore, Dash underestimates the significance of his superpower. Later, Bob echoes Dash’s sentiment of being special when arguing with Helen. She

Bob ultimately gets what he wants, to be a superhero again, but he also learns to better appreciate and care for his family. Helen gets what she wants which is for Bob to excel as a father and husband but she gets that by learning to be a superhero again. Dash gets what he wants, which is to use his powers and excel at what he is good at, but he has to do it with a secret identity. The family grows closer by doing super heroics together only when it is