Director and Writer John Lasseter creates Disney Pixar’s, A Bug’s Life, an animation film which debuted in November 18, 1998. A Bug’s Life is rated by many critics and the audience as a great family-friendly movie with a predictable plot but overall a great message and theme. According to www.IMDB.com, it was rated as a 7.2 out of 10 stars and was nominated for over twenty-five film awards. Famous film critic for over thirty years, Roger Erbert, describes A Bug’s Life and Disney Pixar films as, “It's a formula that has produced wonderful movies,” (Erbert). It’s about a misfit ant who is tired of the tyranny created by the grasshoppers and is the only one who has courage to do something. The film displays courage numerous times that one doesn’t …show more content…
He likes to think differently and is very intelligent trying to create more efficient ways to collect food but his ideas don’t always work out for the best so when he makes a mistake, which happens numerous times, all the other ants make fun of him. Every year the ants have to supply food for the span of the winter in order to survive but the grasshopper’s and their leader, Hopper, pay the colony a nice visit each year and take all of their food. Flik makes one of the biggest mistakes ever in his life as he accidently destroys the food supply for the following winter. Hopper and his gang arrive and find that there’s no food so he demands double or the colony will be destroyed. Flik feels responsible for his actions and he goes out on an adventure to find other insects to aid them to fight Hopper and his gang. He runs into an insect circus crew and believes that he has found his answer and so he returns back to the colony but they soon realize that the circus crew was just another one of Flik’s mistakes and they’re running out of time. Flik comes up with the idea of creating a fake bird to scare the grasshoppers but the bird caught on fire and the grasshoppers were furious. Just as Hopper was going to beat Flik to death, Flik stood up to Hopper and displayed that he wasn’t afraid. The rest of the colony sees Flik’s bravery and join together and fight the grasshoppers like a head-on collision …show more content…
Flik gets shoved out of the colony once they figured the “heros” that Flik brought were not fighters at all. The grasshoppers soon invade the colony and terrorize them and the Princess, Dot, escapes and tries to fly to Flik. As she is flying through the air on a dandelion seed as an aircraft, Flik hears Dot calling his name and notices a large orange bird going after her. Flik instantaneously comes up with a plan to distract the bird but he recommends one of the circus bugs to act as bait. Once the huge and fat green Caterpillar, Heimlich, exposed himself in the open the bird gets quickly distracted and darts towards that direction. Flik and the other bugs use the caterpillar as a decoy and to have an opportunity to save Dot from falling. The scene exposes the type of love and affection he has for the colony and its people by gaining courage in by showing that instead of panicking and being lost of making a decision but rather stay cool collective and think about how to solve the
To conclude, Lee and Mathabane both illustrate courage as someone who ventures and endeavors to achieve something that is impossible. Lee exemplified that courage is not a man with a gun, but someone who has been licked before, they even began. Mathabane shows courage as trying to become a good tennis player even though virtually impossible for a black. Mathabane also shows the courage of his fellow blacks when he talks about and illustrates the struggle against apartheid, even though education is the only way out. Lee, Mathabane, and even John show that courage is more about trying even
Courage is when you know you’re beaten. The character Atticus, for instance, who was a seasoned lawyer acted courageous defending Tom Robinson. Tom Robinson was a black man who was accused of raping a white girl. Atticus was appointed to defend him. Jem was happy because he thought his father had won the case but Reverend Sykes loathed telling Jem “Now don’t you be so confident, Mr. Jem, I ain’t ever seen any jury decide in favor of a colored man over a white man…”(Lee 208). Atticus was sure he wasn’t going to win the case, nevertheless he gave it a try. That didn’t stop Atticus from trying to defend his client Tom Robinson. Another part in the novel when Atticus was courageous was when he shot at the man street dog. Heck Tate the Maycomb Sheriff was not as courageous as Atticus so he handed Atticus the air rifles and with one shot Atticus took down the street dog. Miss Maudie says “I saw that, One Shot Finch” (Lee 97). Atticus was referred to as one-shot finch because of his shooting skills. The other incidence in the novel when Atticus portrays courage was when he was not scared when Bob Ewell threatened him. Bob Ewell was the man who accused Atticus’ defendant Tom Robinson of raping his daughter Mayella. Atticus thought Bob Ewell threatened him as some sort of revenge, but unfortunately Atticus was wrong because when Bob Ewell said ...
While staying at Mel’s home, the adolescent female narrator personifies the butterfly paperweight. The life cycle begins with the narrator “hearing” the butterfly sounds, and believing the butterfly is alive. The butterfly mirrors the narrator’s feelings of alienation and immobility amongst her ‘new family’ in America. She is convinced the butterfly is alive, although trapped inside thick glass (le 25). The thick glass mirrors the image of clear, still water. To the adolescent girl, the thick glass doesn’t stop the sounds of the butterfly from coming through; however, her father counteracts this with the idea of death, “…can’t do much for a dead butterfly” (le 31). In order to free the butterfly, the narrator throws the disk at a cabinet of glass animals, shattering the paperweight, as well as the glass animals. The shattering of the glass connects to the shattering of her being, and her experience in fragility. The idea of bringing the butterfly back to life was useless, as the motionless butterfly laid there “like someone expert at holding his breath or playing dead” (le 34). This sense of rebirth becomes ironic as the butterfly did not come back to life as either being reborn or as the manifestation of a ghostly spirit; instead its cyclic existence permeates through the narrator creating a transformative
In a variety of ways, Forrester forces Jamal to improve his writing. All throughout the movie, courage is shown by just about every character in their own personal ways. In Finding Forrester, courage depends on the person it is being held by and how they will choose to overcome the conflict. Courage is shown in different ways if a more outgoing person is showing it.
Mark Twain best described courage when he said that, “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear” (Twain). Both in The One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey and Watership Down by Richard Adams, the authors deal with the topic of courage and each share a similar view on it as this quote. Indeed, both authors suggest that courage is not accumulated simply by acts of heroism, but rather by overcoming fears and speaking one’s mind as well. These books are very similar in the way that bravery is displayed through the characters in an uncommon way. Firstly, an example of bravery
you to see what real courage is, instead of seeing courage is a man with
Courage is not something that we are born with, it is a skill that takes time to learn and only a few are lucky enough to have it. To Kill a Mockingbird is not only about life in a world full of hate, it is about standing up for anyone’s beliefs being brave enough to do it. In this story, Harper Lee says “Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. It's knowing you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do” (Lee 112). In To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee illustrates courage through Atticus Finch, Mrs. Dubose, and Arthur Radley.
In order to understand the entirety of a society, we must first understand each part and how it contributes to the stability of the society. According to the functionalist theory, different parts of society are organized to fill discrete needs of each part, which consequently determines the form and shape of society. (Crossman). All of the individual parts of society depend on one another. This is exhibited in “A Bug’s Life” through the distinct roles the ants and grasshoppers play in their own society. The two species are stratified in such a way that they each contribute to the order and productivity of the community. In the movie, the head grasshopper states that “the sun grows the food, the ants pick the food, and the grasshoppers eat the food” (A Bug’s Life). This emphasizes social stability and reliance on one another’s roles. The grasshoppers rely on the ants for food, while the ants rely on the grasshoppers for protection. This effective role allocation and performance is what ensures that together, the ants and grasshoppers form a functioning society to guarantee their survival.
Firstly, throughout this short film it contains many codes and conventions, with the main one probably being the music and the sound. Most of the music throughout this film is quite deep and intense music, as if to lead up to something bad happening to the character. As well as the deep and intense music there are also some unsettling and mysterious sounds that occur throughout the film. One of these sounds includes the flickering of both a moths’ wings fluttering outside the tent and also the flickering of the lantern inside of the tent.
Courage exists in several forms in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. As defined by Atticus Finch, real courage "…when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what” (149). The novel explores the how this real courage can be shown in different ways through the lives of many characters in Maycomb, particularly, Tom Robinson, Mrs. Dubose, and Atticus. Their courage is evident through their lifestyle, actions, and beliefs.
This theme is the driving force behind the two films 12 Angry Men, written by Reginald Rose, and A Time to Kill, written by John Grisham. In 12 Angry Men, courage is represented mostly by Juror 8, who stood alone in a supposed open-and-shut case and defended his ideas with evidence and reason. Similarly, Jake Brigance from A Time to Kill accepted the challenge to defend Carl Lee Hailey, an African American man who murdered two white men who were going to court for raping his daughter. These are two prime examples as to how courage can be utilized to both express one’s opinion, but to help those in need.
To create a sympathetic tone for the moth, and to get the reader to think about what is happening, Virginia makes sure to take great care to describe the events as full as needed to get the reader to connect with it as if they were the ones watching this moth. Through this by explaining the thoughts of narrator she gives the reader something to think about as well, in this case thinking about the peculiar life of the moth. Much emotion is brought forth from the way Virginia writes her story, from the way she describes and personifies the moth, putting forth theories of what it is thinking, to how the narrator considers the life it leads pitiful and curious all at the same time.
Eliot and Kafka use images of insects as well, although for different purposes. Eliot’s use of insects portrays Prufrock as being an insect “pinned and wriggling on the wall” being observed as an object of study (l.58). This is indicative of Prufrock’s anxiety and neurosis as he feels judged by everyone he meets, especially the women. Kafka’s use of insect imagery is prevalent throughout the entire novella, as Samsa has transformed into a giant bug.
in to an insect, and why. This is the dominate issue in both stories, and a
The movie Courageous discusses important issues we face in society today. This movie shows the importance of family, the danger of drugs, and the major importance of Christian values. Courageous causes me to consider how I treat others around me and how I can become a better Christian. I learned that living a life looking out only for myself and pursuing worldly pleasures not only consists of superficial and temporary happiness, but also consists of pain, suffering, emptiness and a longing for something more than what we have.