It’s a movie day.
Mara and Robbie watched a Baby Einstein while they ate breakfast, and now they’re almost through “Finding Nemo.” And it’s not even 11:00…
Didactic Disney
The Disney movies are almost all didactic; I don’t like all the lessons they try to teach, but in the Nemo case I do. Dorie and Marlin are the example, the dichotomy through the movie. Marlin is anxious, nervous, stressed, fearful, paralyzed. Dorie is happy-go-lucky, adventurous, inquisitive, good-natured, joyful.
The Dichotomy
Marlin remembers every hurt, every pain, every fear realized.
Dorie forgets.
Marlin nurses his wounds, counts his scars, and resents.
Dorie accepts what comes her way, forgets the details, and sees life as an adventure.
Of course, the plot is set up so Marlin learns the lesson: continue reading…
