Theme Of Hakuna Matata

Hakuna Matata
Courage isn’t limited to saving a kitten from a burning building. While courageous acts are valuable to society, these don’t alone define the term “courage”. It’s necessary that every young child growing up is aware that they don’t have to perform outrageously difficult tasks in order to be considered courageous. Courage can be simple acts of standing up for what you believe in when it’s against the popular opinion. I am defining courage as the little bravery of stepping off the ledge and just letting go.
Nelson Mandela once said, “I learned that courage wasn’t the absence of fear, but triumph over it.” This perfectly captures my personal definition of the term courage. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines courage as “mental

Simba runs away from the kingdom and right as he’s about to give up on life, a meerkat and warthog come out of nowhere and offer to give Simba a care-free life. They proceed to break into song randomly, singing the hit musical number “Hakuna Matata”. The primary theme in this song is to let go and live your life with no worries. The animals sing about their “problem-free philosopheeee” until Simba becomes a full grown lion. Simba demonstrates courage despite the fact that he ran away and the situation at home is going to the [lions]. He finally accepts that he must return and reclaim the throne. This is one of the primary lessons in The Lion King. Sometimes it is necessary to take a step back and evaluate your situation. Making rash decisions to confront your enemies is often romanticized in Hollywood, but this is rarely an effective tool. Running away has historically appeared as cowardly, selfish, and generally frowned upon. I’ve always found that fleeing takes more courage than fighting. It’s harder to step down than step up on a ladder, but it’s necessary that we step down on occasion. Sometimes we need to take a step back and find ourselves again, or learn necessary skills before we begin a difficult

Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the protagonist Dorothy encounters a scarecrow who desires a brain. She’s “off to see the wizard” in order to return home to Kansas, and her Aunty Em and Uncle Henry. The scarecrow joins Dorothy, and her little dog, too, in hopes that the Wizard will grant him a brain. The trio comes across the Tinman who has rusted. He reveals that he desires a heart, as a terrible sorceress had enchanted an axe to cut off his limbs so that he wouldn’t be able to marry her daughter. Dorothy and the Scarecrow explain that they are requesting a wish from the Wizard, and invite the Tinman to join them on their adventure. Finally, the group encounters a lion. The lion attempts to eat Dorothy’s dog Toto, and Dorothy chides the lion for being so cowardly. The Cowardly Lion admits that Dorothy is correct. He’s a coward, which is shameful for the “King of Beasts”. Dorothy explains their quest, and invites the Cowardly Lion to request courage from the Wizard. However, the Cowardly Lion displays amounts of courage that are contradictory to his nickname. The group encounters a large chasm that they cannot cross. The Lion says that he could leap across and deliver the group across one-by-one. The group agrees, and despite the great amounts of fear the Lion has, he succeeds in his task. This demonstrates the complexity of the term courage. It isn’t necessarily seen on the surface, because while the Lion is afraid of his own roar and terrified of small field