Meaning Of Life In The Movie Moana

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In the movie Moana by Ron Clements & John Musker takes place on a little island called motuni, where moana is told by her grandmother that she has a destiny greater than she could possibly think. She embarks on an adventure of her life that helps her to find who she is and the meaning of life. The animated movie was released on november 23, 2016 and was 1h 47m long and it touched audience everywhere. The movie Moana was set at the end of that era, about two thousand years ago, on a fictional island in the Central Pacific Ocean, which drew inspiration from elements of the real-life island nations of Fiji, and Samoa. Moana shows us how we are all ent for a bigger a deeper meaning in life. Moana opens with her grandma telling all the kids of

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